Species: Gymnothorax meleagris, Guineafowl moray, White-mouth moray
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
Guineafowl moray, White-mouth moray
Robust; anus a little before mid-length; front nostril a simple tube; posterior nostril a hole at level of profile of head; lower jaw straight, mouth closes completely; teeth sharp, teeth sharp, pointed, not serrated, in jaws mostly in 2 rows, those across front of top jaws in 5 rows, with a row of larger canines in middle; dorsal and anal fins covered with skin, but very evident; origin of dorsal midway between gill opening and corner of mouth.
Body and fins yellowish-brown to brown with numerous small, dark-bordered white spots, dense on head, becoming sparser at rear; tip of tail white; gill opening in black blotch; inside of mouth white .
Size: 120 cm.
Habitat: rocky and coral reefs.
Depth: 1-64 m.
Indo-Pacific; vagrant at the Galapagos and Cocos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 120
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 64
