Barred-Fin Moray
Seen in Cabilao, Philippines (2012). Photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband).
Is a tan moray with 2-4 longitudinal rows of brown blotches on body and bars on fins. Pale bands and blotches on jaws, dark band at rear edge of eye. It can reach 80 cm (2 3/4 ft.).
Habitat: Solitary. Inhabit reef crevices, mainly of outer slopes in 4-40 m. Indo-Pacific.
The barred-fin moray, bar-tail moray, ''Gymnothorax zonipectis'', is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.
Similar species: Eels
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Uploaded Jul 4, 2016. Captured Oct 7, 2012 10:19 in Cabilao Island Rd, Loon, Bohol, Philippines.