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IllustrationOne-spot moray
Gymnothorax monostigma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- One-spot moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax monostigma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 65 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A plain brown moray with a dark ring around each eye extending back as a rectangular blotch, and white spots around the pores of the mouth; it reaches about 65 cm. It lives on surge-swept outer reefs of oceanic islands.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-monostigma.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.