Species: Gymnothorax dovii, Fine-spotted moray, Speckled moray
body & fins: green or brown + dense white dots
Gymnothorax dovii (Günther, 1870)
Fine-spotted moray, Speckled moray
Moderately robust; head slender and snout pointed; rear nostril not tubular, with a raised rim; teeth of jaws conical, without serrations; 1 row teeth on sides of upper jaw, three longitudinal rows of teeth at front of upper jaw; dorsal and anal fins developed as skin-covered ridges, but relatively tall and distinct; dorsal fin origin on top of head, well in front of gill opening.
Dark brown to greenish-brown, peppered with numerous small white spots .
Size: to 170 cm.
Habitat: rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-70 m.
The Gulf of California to Peru.
High Resolution Map Download
Species Data
Create Report
Export as Word File
Export as Excel File
- Salinity
-
- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
-
- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
-
- Reef and soft bottom
- Mangrove
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Corals
- Sand & gravel
- Rocks
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
-
- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
-
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
-
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
-
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
-
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- Island (s)
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Length Max
-
- 170
- Depth Range Min
-
- 1
- Depth Range Max
-
- 70
