Yellow-Margin Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) - Marine Life - Liveaboard Diving
Yellow-Margin Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) - Marine Life - Liveaboard Diving

Yellow-Margin Moray Eel

Yellow-Margin Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) is also known as the Speckled Moray, Leopard Moray and Yellow-Edge Moray. It lives in most of the Indo-Pacific region, and the Red Sea. They are among the larger species of Moray Eels, and grow to more than two metres in length. They feed mostly at night on crustaceans and reef fish.

An adult Yellow-Margin Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) in Indonesia.
Yellow-Margin Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) in its crevice during the day time.
Credit: Johan Folmeus
Yellow-Margin Moray Eel Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
Scientific Rank
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata (Chordates)
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes (Eels)
Family: Muraenidae (Muraenidae)
Genus: Gymnothorax (Gymnothorax)
Species: Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
Size
Average Size: 2 metres

No Troubles Just Bubbles' divers who recently saw Yellow-Margin Moray Eel

Kira
Spotted in: Thailand Thailand
Diving from boat: MV Pawara
Trip destinations: Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock
When: Jan 2024

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Stanley Wisely
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Stanley Wisely
1 year ago
In Indonesia, we found it on pangandaran too
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Barney Seier
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Barney Seier
3 years ago
I have seen Yellow-Margin Moray Eel acouple times at Bangka Island / North Sulawesi
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