Muraena lentiginosa

Jewel moray
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa, Coiba Island, Panama, Photo: Graham Edgar
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa, Coiba Island, Panama, Photo: Graham Edgar
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa, Nicaragua, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa
Muraena lentiginosa

Distribution

Tropical Eastern Pacific


Description

Light brown mottled body, with dark-edged yellow spots over head and body. Shelters in rocky crevices during the day coming out at night to hunt for food.


Information

Max Size: 61 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 20.6-30.3°C

Depth: 1-25m

Habitat Generalization Index: 11.21

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: Least Concern

Occurrence: Frequent (17.3% 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