False Brown Moray
Gymnothorax pseudoherrei
- Usual depth1–13 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Gymnothorax pseudoherrei is a moray eel found in the Indo-west Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Böhlke in 2000, and is commonly known as the false brown moray. A similar species, Gymnothorax arabicus from the waters around the Arabian Peninsula was initially thought to be the same species, before being described as new in 2024.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Gymnothorax pseudoherrei”, 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: 10 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 44.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- False Brown Moray
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Morena Chocolate del Indopacífico
- Japanese
- Hanajirotsubo, ハナジロウツボ
- Thai
- ปลาหลดหินดำ
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).
- 82 open-data records from 1931 to 2011.
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