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Fimbriate Moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832)
A Fimbriate Moray at a depth of 7 m, Puerto Galera, Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands, April 2006. Photo © R. Andrewartha. View larger image.
Parasitic copepods, possibly of the Order Cyclopoida on the lower jaw. Photo © R. Andrewartha. View larger image.
The Fimbriate Moray is grey to light brown with rows of well separated dark brown blotches. The head is greenish-yellow dorsally. There is a large white spot at the rear of the lower jaw. A row of large canine teeth runs along the roof of the mouth.
The species grows to about 80 cm in length.
The Fimbriate Moray occurs in coral reef and inshore waters of the tropical Indo-west Pacific.
In Australia it is known from off north-western Western Australia and from northern to southern Queensland.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
It has also been called the Darkspotted Moray and Spot-face Moray.
Related links
- Giant Moray fact sheet
- Sieve-patterned Moray fact sheet
- View the Moray Eels list
- View the family Muraenidae list
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawai’i Press. Pp. 584.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
