Giant moray
Gymnothorax javanicus
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 41 diving areas across 31 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 15 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 21 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 6 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 23 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 8 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 6 records