Bar-cheeked Eel
Gymnothorax pictus
- Usual depth0–2 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Gymnothorax pictus, the painted moray, paintspotted moray or peppered moray, is a moray eel. The Chamorro name of the eel is títugi.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 12 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 76 records
- May: 306 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 40 records
- August: 24 records
- September: 25 records
- October: 20 records
- November: 26 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–2 m · Deepest record: 37 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bar-cheeked Eel, Black-speckled Reef-eels, Giant Moray, Ocellate Moray, painted moray, painted reef eel, Paintspotted Moray, peppered moray, Peppered Moray, Speckled sidereal moray, Speckled Sidereal Moray
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Morena Pecas Pintura, Morena Pimienta
- French
- Congre, Murène grise des flaques, Murène Poivrée, Murène poivrée, Murène sidérale, Murène Sidérale
- Japanese
- Aseutsubo, アセウツボ
Other scientific names: Gymnothorax picta, Muraena picta, Siderea picta, Siderea pictus, Sideria picta
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).
- 1,045 open-data records from 1789 to 2023.
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