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Marine Life / Snakes & Eels

White-margined Moray

Gymnothorax albimarginatus

White-margined Moray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Anguilliformes
Family
Muraenidae
Genus
Gymnothorax
Species
Gymnothorax albimarginatus

The white-margined moray (Gymnothorax albimarginatus) is a brown moray with a thin white edge along its fins. Its head pores are often outlined in white.

It grows to about 1 m and is reported to have a toxic bite. It feeds mainly on fish.

In the Philippines it is found on reef slopes and in crevices, often at moderate depths.

Photo: TonyT, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist