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Lipspot moray
Gymnothorax chilospilus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Lipspot moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax chilospilus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 45 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small light-brown moray with a branching darker pattern, a dark spot at the corner of the mouth preceded by a white blotch, and white-ringed pores along the jaws; it reaches about 50 cm. It lives mostly on shallow reef flats.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-chilospilus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:GymnothoraxChilospilus2RLS.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.