Species: Gymnothorax funebris, Green moray

Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839

Green moray

Body elongate, compressed at rear; tail tapering; head and trunk shorter than to slightly >1/2 TL; snout elongate and pointed, narrowing sharply from a bulbous nape; eye slightly before middle of mouth; front nostril a simple tube; rear nostril a hole at level of profile of head, a teardrop with a raised rim in large fish; lower jaw straight, mouth closes completely; teeth strong, smooth, long canines at front of jaws; 2 rows of 5-6 depressible teeth at front of top jaws, with a  row of 3 large fangs, the last the largest, in between; top jaw with teeth in 1 row of 10-18 triangular teeth, plus an inner row at front of 1-3 long slender teeth; roof of mouth with 2 rows of small teeth, well behind the central fangs; lower jaw with 1-4 long, slender teeth at front, and 11-20 triangular teeth behind; gill opening round to a slit; dorsal and anal fins covered with skin, but evident; dorsal origin on head, before gill opening.