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Yellowmouth moray
Gymnothorax nudivomer
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowmouth moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax nudivomer
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.8 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 271 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A yellow-brown moray covered in small pale spots that become larger and more widely spaced towards the tail, with a bright yellow inside to the mouth; it reaches about 1.8 m. Its skin mucus is toxic. It lives on inner and outer reef slopes, mainly around oceanic islands.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-nudivomer.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Morena_de_boca_amarilla_(Gymnothorax_nudivomer),_islas_Ad_D
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.