Moluccan Moray

Plain brownish grey (Ref. 48635).Description: Characterized by brown color with numerous, inconspicuous white dots on most of body; body depth at gill opening about 17 in TL; origin of dorsal fin anterior to gill opening; anus distinctly posterior to middle of body; preanal length 1.9-2.0 in TL; without large canine teeth; triangular and backward projecting jaw teeth, conspicuously serrate on posterior edge; six intermaxillary teeth in outer row of each side, progressively larger posteriorly, and two in median line; 15 teeth in each side of upper jaw, decreasing in size posteriorly; 18 teeth on each side of lower jaw; small, conical vomerine teeth, biserial anteriorly, becoming uniserial posteriorly (Ref. 90102).

Vertebrae: 130

Secretive in coastal reefs and usually only seen out at night (Ref. 48635).

The Moluccan moray eel (Gymnothorax moluccensis) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.