Gymnothorax meleagris

Whitemouth Moray | Guineafowl Moray | Painted Moray | Spotted Moray | Turkey Moray
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris, Chilcott Islet, Coral Sea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris, Kenn Reef, Coral Sea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Photo: Graham Edgar
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris, Lord Howe Is, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris
Gymnothorax meleagris

Distribution

Tropical Eastern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

White inside mouth. Brown body with uniform white spots.


Information

Max Size: 120 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-30.7°C

Depth: 1-51m

Habitat Generalization Index: 2.83

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: Infrequent (4.5% 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: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland