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Turkey moray
Gymnothorax meleagris
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Turkey moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax meleagris
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.2 m (total length); commonly 80 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 51 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A dark brown moray covered in small, dark-edged white spots, with a white inside to the mouth; it reaches about 1.2 m. It lives on coral-rich lagoon and outer reefs and often hunts in the shallows at low tide.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-meleagris.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Morena_boca_blanca_(Gymnothorax_meleagris),_Zanzíbar,_Tanza
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.