Zebra moray

Gymnomuraena zebra

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–16 m
Water temperature16–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, April, and May
How commonOccasional

About this species

The zebra moray is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. It is the only member of the genus Gymnomuraena, though it sometimes has been included in Echidna instead.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Zebra moray”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 33 records
March: 4 records
April: 22 records
May: 29 records
June: 10 records
July: 13 records
August: 11 records
September: 10 records
October: 7 records
November: 8 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 30.5 m

0–10 m: 45 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 43 records
26–28 °C: 32 records
28–30 °C: 82 records

Names and classification

English: Zebra moray, Reticulated Moray, Zebra Eel, zebra moray, Zebra Moray

Names in 6 more languages

German: Zebramuräne
Spanish: morena cebra, Morena Zebra, Zebra
Filipino: Ahas-dagat, Igat, Malibanos
French: Murène zèbre, Murène-zèbre, Murène Zébrée, Murène zèbre, Murène zébrée
Japanese: Zeburautsubo, ゼブラウツボ
Simplified Chinese: 斑馬裸海鯙, 斑馬裸鯙, 条纹裸海鳝, 條紋裸海鱔, 薯鰻, 虎鰻, 錢鰻

Other scientific names: Echidna zebra, Gymnomuraena fasciata, Gymnothorax zebra, Muraena molendinaris, Muraena zebra, Poecilophis zebra

Similar species

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa
Barred moray
Echidna polyzona
Lipspot moray
Gymnothorax chilospilus
Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus
Blackspot Moray
Gymnothorax melatremus
Barred-fin Moray
Gymnothorax zonipectis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
515 open-data records from 1797 to 2024.

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