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Slender giant moray
Strophidon sathete
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Slender giant moray
- Scientific
- Strophidon sathete
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 m (total length); commonly 70 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 15 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A very long, slender moray, brownish grey above and paler below, reaching about 4 m, which makes it the longest moray known. It lives in muddy bays and estuaries, rising from a burrow with its head held just below the surface.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Strophidon-sathete.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Strophidon_sathete.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.