Yellow-edged moray

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–23 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsApril, July, and August
How commonOccasional

About this species

The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).

Text from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-edged 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: 18 records
February: 25 records
March: 38 records
April: 92 records
May: 76 records
June: 69 records
July: 78 records
August: 92 records
September: 76 records
October: 62 records
November: 34 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–23 m · Deepest record: 111 m

0–10 m: 224 records
10–20 m: 206 records
20–30 m: 82 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 52 records
26–28 °C: 56 records
28–30 °C: 99 records

Names and classification

English: Yellow-edged moray, Yellowmargin moray, Leopard Moray, Speckled Moray, yellow-edged moray, yellowedged moray, Yellow Edged Moray, Yellow-edged moray, Yellow Margin Moray, Yellow-margined Moray, Yellow-margined Moray Eel, yellowmargin moray, Yellow-margin Moray, Yellow Margin Moray

Names in 6 more languages

German: Gelbgefleckte Muräne, Gelbrandmuräne, Rußkopfmuräne
Spanish: Morena De Borde Amarillo
Filipino: Malibanos, Panangitan
French: Congre Queue Verte, Congre queue verte, Murène queue verte, Murène à Bord Jaune, Murène à bordure jaune, Murène à points jaunes, Murène à taches jaunes, Murène Javanaise, Murène marbrée, Murène marbrée, Murène à bord jaune, Murène Queue Verte
Japanese: Gomautsubo, ゴマウツボ
Simplified Chinese: 硓[石古]鰻, 糬鰻, 薯鰻, 虎鰻, 蠘仔鰻, 錢鰻, 青痣, 鰻, 黃邊裸胸鱔, 黃邊鰭裸胸鯙

Other scientific names: Gymnothorax flavomarginatus, Gymnothorax mauritianus, Gymnothorax viridipinnis, Gymnothorax viridipinnnis, Lycodontis flavimarginatus, Lycodontis flavomarginatus, Lycodontis lemayi, Muraena flavimarginata, Muraena mauritiana, Muraena viridipinna, Muraena viridipinnna

Similar species

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

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).
1,273 open-data records from 1830 to 2024.

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