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Yellow-Headed Moray - Gymnothorax rueppelliae The Yellow-Headed Moray - Gymnothorax rueppelliae has white to light grayish brown with 16-21 brown bars encircling body and fins; top of head yellow to brownish yellow, dark spot on rear corner of mouth.                                Banded Moray,Fall,Geotagged,Gymnothorax rueppelliae,Maldives,Male,Moray Eel,Yellow-Banded Moray Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Yellow-Headed Moray - Gymnothorax rueppelliae

The Yellow-Headed Moray - Gymnothorax rueppelliae has white to light grayish brown with 16-21 brown bars encircling body and fins; top of head yellow to brownish yellow, dark spot on rear corner of mouth.

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  1. This one looks like it is actually posing, handsome thing it is. Posted 8 years ago
    1. Thanks, Ferdy :) Posted 8 years ago

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''Gymnothorax rueppelliae'' is a moray eel found in coral reefs in Red Sea, East Africa to Hawaii, Tuamotu, Marquesas Islands, north of Ryukyu Islands and south of the Great Barrier Reef. It is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with a 16-21 dark bars on the body and fins that become indistinct with growth, top of the head yellow and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth. It commonly known as the banded moray, banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed.. more

Similar species: Eels
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Aug 2, 2017. Captured Nov 18, 2014 22:22 in 20 Lonuziyaarai Magu Rd, Malé 20110, Maldives.
  • DSC-RX100
  • f/11.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 21.77mm