Gymnothorax moringa
Spotted moray | White-chinned Moray | Hamlet Speckled Moray | Common Conger Eel | Common Spotted Moray | White Cong | White-jawed Moray Eel
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean
Description
White with a dense covering of brown blotches, and two round, bare white spots on lower jaw. Inhabits crevices and holes in the reef where it sits with only its head protruding, opening and closing its jaws to fan water over its gills.
Information
Max Size: 200 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.5-30.9°C
Depth: 0-200m
Habitat Generalization Index: 1.11
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Frequent (14.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields