MURAENIDAE


Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
(photo by Mark Strickland)



Gymnothorax thyrsoideus, 26.0 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
(Richardson, 1845)
White-eye Moray

V 125-137.

Body moderately elongate. Teeth conical, 2 rows on side of upper jaw and front of lower jaw. Dorsal-fin origin about halfway between corner of mouth and gill opening. Anus at or near middle of body. Color: body whitish to pale yellowish, densely mottled with dark gray or brown; front half of head uniform dark purplish gray; dusky gray around gill opening. Size: maximum length 66 cm. Distribution: distributed in Indo-Pacific, except for Hawaiian Islands and Red Sea. Remarks: generally found on seaward reefs.