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Updated 10/2/2020

Family Muraenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Gymnothorax nudivomer

Pokai Bay, Oahu, 100 feet

 


Juvenile, 200 feet


Oahu, 200 feet		  

YELLOWMOUTH MORAY      puhi

Inhabits ledges at depths exceeding 100 feet where it may be common.  Robust, with a blunt head and straight jaws, interior of mouth yellowish-orange, golden brown with irregular white speckles.  Attains 71 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Gymnothorax xanthostomus.