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Family Muraenidae

Moray Eels

HAWAII

Gymnothorax nudivomer

Airplane, Pokai Bay, Oahu, 100 feet

YELLOWMOUTH MORAY

Rare in deep water.  Thick body and blunt head with straight jaws, mouth is yellow.  Body brown with small irregular spots overall.  Attains 40 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Gymnothorax xanthostomus.