Lipspot moray
📖 Overview
Occurs in shallow coastal reef flats, usually found in less than 5 m water depth, but ranges to deep water rubble reefs . Benthic . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 121 - 133. Body light brown, with dendritic pattern. Corner of mouth with a dark brown spot, preceded on lower lip by a large white blotch (often followed by another above and behind corner of mouth); upper and lower jaw pores usually in prominent white spots. Vertebrae 121-133. : eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Lipspot moray is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 45 m , usually ? - 5 m. Tropical South Africa and Oman to the Hawaiian and Society islands, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia and the Loyalty Islands.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Lip-spot moray · Lipspot Moray · Textile Moray · White-lipped Reef-eel · Whitelip Moray · Whitelip Moray Eel |
| 🌍CES | muréna sumatránská |
| 🇫🇷French | Murène à lèvres tachetées |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Minamiutsubo · ミナミウツボ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Moréia-de-lábios-claros |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Morena de labios blancos |
| 🌍TAH | puhi |
| 🌍TGL | Malibanos |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 云纹裸胸鳝 · 唇斑裸胸鯙 · 粉鰻 · 糬鰻 · 薯鰻 · 虎鰻 · 錢鰻 · 雲紋裸胸鯙 · 雲紋裸胸鱔 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .
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