Family : Muraenidae (Moray eels) , subfamily: Muraeninae
Order : Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Greyface moray
Fish Name : Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
Max size : 65.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1602)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 0 - 3 m
Climate : tropical; 30°N - 22°S
Global Importance :
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Indo-Pacific: Christmas Island to French Polynesia, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to Tonga; throughout Micronesia.
Diagnosis : Vomerine teeth are biserial and diverging anteriorly with the posteriormost 3 to 4 teeth forming a single row (Ref. 37816).
Biology : Fairly common inhabitant of reef flats where it is usually encountered in shallow tidal pools. Often in shipwrecks; usually in pairs or small aggregations, and shares habitat with other morays (Ref. 48635)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Böhlke, E.B., J.E. McCosker and D.G. Smith. 1999. (Ref. 12904)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses