Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867
Saddled moray
photo by JAMARC

Family:  Muraenidae (Moray eels), subfamily: Muraeninae
Max. size:  110 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 100 - 310 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande do Sul. North Carolina, Florida, USA, Antilles, Colombia to southern Brazil (Ref. 26938). Also found in Argentina (Ref. 86327)
Diagnosis:  Body light brown to chestnut brown in color, head paler; posterior half of tail nearly black, spotted with white roundish markings larger than eye; white and black bands on dorsal fin; corner of mouth and gill openings not black (Ref. 13608).
Biology:  Lives together in fine sediments of the upper continental slope.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 17 August 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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