Panamic green moray eel

Gymnothorax castaneus

The panamic green moray eel is a large moray eel in the Pacific. Common names also include chestnut moray eel.

The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.

It grows to about 1.5 m in length, and is brown to brownish green.
It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderAnguilliformes
FamilyMuraenidae
GenusGymnothorax
SpeciesG. castaneus
Photographed in
Costa Rica