Herre's Moray
Gymnothorax herrei
- Usual depth1–12 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and June
- How commonRare
About this species
Herre's moray is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Beebe and Tee-Van in 1933.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Herre's moray eel”, 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: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–12 m · Deepest record: 12 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Herre's Moray, Palechin Moray
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Morena de Herre
- Filipino
- Malibanos, Payangitan
- Japanese
- ハナジロウツボ
- Simplified Chinese
- 海氏裸胸鯙, 海氏裸胸鱔, 海瑞氏裸胸鯙, 薯鰻, 虎鰻, 錢鰻
Other scientific names: Gymnothorax brunneus
Similar species
Lipspot morayGymnothorax chilospilus
Fimbriated morayGymnothorax fimbriatus
Blackspot MorayGymnothorax melatremus
Barred-fin MorayGymnothorax 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).
- 27 open-data records from 1931 to 2014.
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