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Speckled moray
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. obesus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax obesus
(Whitley, 1932)

The speckled moray, or Griffin's moray (Gymnothorax obesus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland and the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand at depths down to 100 m, in reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between 40 and 200 cm.

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax obesus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195770A2415507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195770A2415507.en. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Gymnothorax obesus


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