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Blotch-necked moray
Gymnothorax margaritophorus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blotch-necked moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax margaritophorus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 70 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A yellowish moray mottled and irregularly barred with brown, reaching about 70 cm. It lives on reef flats and outer slopes but is highly secretive and seldom seen.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-margaritophorus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gymnothorax_margaritophorus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.