Whitemouth Moray

Gymnothorax meleagris

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: Gymnothorax meleagris

The whitemouth moray (Gymnothorax meleagris) is a brown moray covered in small white spots, with a white mouth lining. The white inside of its mouth is visible as it breathes.

It grows to about 1 m and hunts fish and crustaceans, mostly at night. It is often seen with its head out of a reef hole.

In the Philippines it is found on reefs and rubble slopes.

Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist