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Bony fish

Y-patterned Moray

Gymnothorax berndti

Also known as: Berndt's Moray, Berndt's Moray Eel, Y-patterned Moray Eel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
Adult
@Laylahermie · Hawaiian Islands, United States · December 20221 / 1
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Overview

Found over rock and sponge bottoms of coral and rocky reefs.

Morays open and close their mouths to move water through their gills for respiration.
This behaviour can often be seen as a threat especially towards divers, in fact this is far from the truth, they are very shy creatures and will only attack if provoked!

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How to identify

Pattern
lines
Behaviour
shy

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
  • Dive site · 1
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Found over rock and sponge bottoms of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyMuraenidae
    6. genusGymnothorax
    7. speciesGymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904

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    More in the family

    Moray Eels (Muraenidae)