Yellowmargin Moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830)

Other Names: Leopard Eel, Yellow Margin Moray, Yellow-edged Moray

A Yellowmargin Moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus, in Torquoise Bay, Western Australia, July 2014. Source: Guy Skillen / Atlas of Living Australia. License: CC by Attribution

Summary:

A large yellowish moray with a densely mottled dark brown pattern, a purplish-grey head, yellowish green posterior fin margins and a black blotch at the gill openings. Juveniles may have brown blotches on a bright yellow background. usually seen with its head poking out from a crevice on the reef.

Yellowmargin Morays being cleaned by pairs of cleaner shrimps off the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

Video of a Yellowmargin Moray

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Dianne J. Bray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2039

Yellowmargin Moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830)

More Info

Distribution	Occurs around the northern half of Australia, and at Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands in the Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific and in the SE Atlantic off South Africa.
Feeding	Carnivore - feeds on fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans.
Species Citation	Muraena flavimarginata Rüppell, 1830, Fische des Rothen Meeres 3: 119. Type locality: Red Sea.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Yellowmargin Moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830)

References

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