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.

Uniform dark green to brown; dorsal and anal fins dusky to pale; head pores, gill opening and anus may be darker than rest of fish. Small juveniles are uniformly dark, without a whie lower jaw.

Reaches 189 cm.

Mainly on reefs, occasionally in mangroves and brackish conditions.

Depth range: 0-286 m.

Bermuda to Brazil; also in the E Atlantic.