Black Moray
Gymnothorax funebris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
Where to Find
Found in 37 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 135 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 8 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 8 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 8 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 6 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 6 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 5 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 15 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 6 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 6 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 25 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 12 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 11 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 41 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 9 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 42 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 7 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 32 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 5 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records