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Banded moray
Gymnothorax rueppelliae
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Banded moray
- Scientific
- Gymnothorax rueppelliae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 80 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 40 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A pale greyish-brown moray with 16 to 21 dark bars around the body, a yellow top to the head and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth; it reaches about 80 cm. It lives in clear lagoons and outer reefs and hunts mainly at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnothorax-rueppelliae.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Gymnothorax_rueppelliae_Réunion.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.