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Updated 4/13/2020

Family Muraenidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Gymnothorax meleagris

Manana Island, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Firehouse, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

La Perouse Bay, Maui, 20 feet

Pokai Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Firehouse, Oahu, 20 feet

 

Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 85 feet

Pu'u 'Olai, Maui, 40 feet

  WHITEMOUTH MORAY       puhi 'ōni'o     Hanabira utsubo

Commonly observed during the day on coral reefs at scuba depths.  Tapering head with straight jaws, interior of mouth white, golden brown with white dots increasing in size toward the tail.  Attains 47 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.