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fimbriated moray eel

Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Photo by moralcoral
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Description:

Found in the Indo-Pacific oceans, around reefs, harbours and small caves, at depths down to 45 meters. It is pale green-yellow in color with black spots on its face and can reach a maximum length of 80 cm.

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Comments (7)
KarenL
Great to see photos of these guys in the wild!
LauraMaria
Awesome!! I saw a yellow margin moray at Sampela, but a certain someone I was working with managed to nearly kick it before I got a photo...
Elsa
That brings back some sweet-o memories! haha
moralcoral
Yes indeed it was kaladupa 1, buddy!!
Elsa
Hey, I remember this dive!!! Kaledupa no??
moralcoral
Yep with a fuji finepix 45fd takes some alright photos, all my underwater shots are with the same camera!
KarenL
Very nice! Did you take this on a dive?

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Photographed
PublishedOctober 25, 2011

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