Fimbriated moray

Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–8 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and September
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) AnnLazaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by AnnLazaro · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

The fimbriated moray, also known as dark-spotted moray or spot-face moray, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Fimbriated 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: 91 records
February: 59 records
March: 75 records
April: 95 records
May: 124 records
June: 105 records
July: 95 records
August: 85 records
September: 111 records
October: 94 records
November: 102 records
December: 81 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 78 m

0–10 m: 202 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

24–26 °C: 18 records
26–28 °C: 75 records
28–30 °C: 155 records

Photos

(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Fimbriated moray, darkspotted moray, Fibriated Moray, Darkspotted moray, fimbriated moray, Spot-face Moray

Names in 3 more languages

French: Murène à Tête Jaune, Murène frangée
Japanese: Herigoishiutsubo, ヘリゴイシウツボ
Simplified Chinese: 糬鰻, 細斑裸胸鱔, 繸斑裸胸鯙, 细斑裸胸鳝, 花鰭裸胸鯙, 花鰻, 薯鰻, 虎鰻, 錢鰻, 青頭子

Other scientific names: Enchelycore tamarae, Gymnothorax fimbriata, Muraena bullata, Muraena fimbriata, Muraena isingleenoides, Muraena isingleenoïdes, Thyrsoidea bullata

Similar species

Lipspot moray
Gymnothorax chilospilus
Blackspot Moray
Gymnothorax melatremus
Barred-fin Moray
Gymnothorax zonipectis
Vagrant moray
Gymnothorax buroensis
Abbott's Moray
Gymnothorax eurostus
Laced moray
Gymnothorax favagineus

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).
566 open-data records from 1832 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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