Family : Muraenidae (Moray eels) , subfamily: Muraeninae
Order : Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Gymnothorax reticularis
Max size : 60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 559)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius (Ref. 33390) to southern Japan and Indonesia. Likely to occur in Seychelles (Ref. 1623).
Diagnosis : Has broad dark bands that are distinct when juvenile but break up in large individuals (Ref. 48635).
Biology : Caught at great depths; ca 100 m on sandy gravel bottom (Ref. 11230, 48635). Often caught by trawls. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : traumatogenic , Masuda, H., C. Araga and T. Yoshino. 1975
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao and C.T. Chen. 1994. (Ref. 6934)

India country information
Common Names : Spotted moray
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses