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Updated 4/13/2020

Family Muraenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Gymnothorax rueppellii

Sand Island, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu

South Kona, Hawaii

YELLOWHEAD MORAY      puhi 'ou

Uncommon in crevices at scuba depths.  Tapering yellowish-green head with curved jaws, body gray with wide brown bars becoming obscure in large adults, and a white fin margin.  Attains 32 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Gymnothorax petelli.