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Chestnut Moray

Gymnothorax castaneus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 6, February 3, March 3, April 11, May 10, June 3, July 1, August 5, September 3, October 1, November 5, December 2.
Mexico53
Baja California Sur25
Colima14
Panama8
Provincia de Veraguas8
Costa Rica7
Provincia Puntarenas6
Sinaloa4
Ecuador4
Michoacan de Ocampo3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderTrue Eels · Anguilliformes
FamilyMorays · Muraenidae
GenusCommon Morays · Gymnothorax

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Chestnut Moray with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.