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IllustrationLatticetail moray
Gymnothorax buroensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Latticetail moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax buroensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 39 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 25 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small dark brown moray with irregular darker spots and faint pale crossbars on the tail, reaching about 39 cm. It lives among rocks and coral in the surge zone of lagoon and seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-buroensis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.