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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Temperate

Griffin's moray

Gymnothorax obesus Whitley, 1932
Max Length
180 cm
Max Weight
Lifespan
Trophic Level
4.3
Depth
Climate
Temperate
Resilience
Very low
Vulnerability
85.00/100
Typical Length
Depth Zone
reef

📖 Overview

Overview information for Griffin's moray is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Gymnothorax obesus
Authority
Whitley, 1932
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Temperate
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
180 cm
Trophic Level
4.3
Resilience
Very low
Vulnerability
85.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Teeth in jaw roughly 25 in single series, anterior enlarged fang-like and depressible; vomerine teeth small. Mouth large (44% head length) does not fully close, reaching well beyond eyes. Lower jaw slightly prognathous, upper jaw blunt. Eyes small, roughly the same size as branchial opening, and continuous with surrounding skin. Branchial opening slanted posteriorly, below midline. Two branchial pores, three mandibular pores, four suborbital pores, and posterior nasal opening above and in front of eye. Head length roughly 7 times total length; preanal length about equal to tail length, posterior third laterally compressed.: eel-like; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Griffin's moray is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Griffin's moray is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Griffin's moray is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated. Temperate Southwest Pacific: Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🪸 Reef Associated
Trophic Level
4.3±0.7

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00047 × L3.28 (TL)
Max TL
180cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2011

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Very low
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
85.00/100
Very High vulnerability
Trophic Level
4.3
Apex / Top predator
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Whitley, 1932

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