Diagnostic Description
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Body pale brown, yellowish anteriorly (Ref. 3257). Its banded pattern similar to a sea snake (Ref. 48635).Description: Characterized by whitish color; mottled grey brown dorsally; 17-21 black bars, narrower than pale interspaces, encircling body and head completely; body depth at gill opening 15-23 in TL; low dorsal fin, origin just anterior to gill opening; anus anterior to middle of body; single row of jaw teeth; three anterior canines on each side of upper jaw; additional three canines in median row (Ref. 90102).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 126 - 134
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Biology
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Relatively uncommon in intertidal reefs. Found in shallow coastal reefs (Ref. 48635). Juveniles inhabit lagoons. Sometimes out during the day (Ref. 48635).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Gymnothorax enigmaticus: Brief Summary
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Gymnothorax enigmaticus, the enigmatic moray, tiger moray or banded moray, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by McCosker and Randall in 1982,
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Distribution
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Common and widely distributed, also in Indian Ocean. .
McCosker, J. E.; Randall, J. E. (1982). Synonymies of Indian Ocean eels, with the description of Gymnothorax enigmaticus, a moray previously known as G. ruppeli. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 43(2):17-24.
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