Barred-fin Moray

About this species

The barred-fin moray or bar-tail moray is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae, found in warm, shallow waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 60 records
February: 55 records
March: 61 records
April: 96 records
May: 115 records
June: 46 records
July: 47 records
August: 38 records
September: 121 records
October: 87 records
November: 73 records
December: 38 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–28 m · Deepest record: 89.5 m

0–10 m: 97 records
10–20 m: 106 records
20–30 m: 51 records
30–40 m: 14 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 15 records
26–28 °C: 98 records
28–30 °C: 197 records

Photos

(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Barred-fin Moray, Barredfin Moray, Bar-tail Moray, Zonipectis Moray

Names in 3 more languages

French: Murène à nageoire rayée
Japanese: Hireobiutsubo, ヒレオビウツボ
Simplified Chinese: 帶尾裸胸鯙, 帶尾裸胸鱔, 薯鰻, 虎鰻, 錢鰻

Other scientific names: Gymnothorax zonipectus, Lycodontis zonipectis

Similar species

Lipspot moray
Gymnothorax chilospilus
Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus
Blackspot Moray
Gymnothorax melatremus
Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa
Barred moray
Echidna polyzona
Fine-speckled Moray
Echidna delicatula

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).
757 open-data records from 1906 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.