Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 110 - 124. Uniformly brown moray that differs from G. monochrous by having lower jaw teeth that are finely serrated on their posterior margins.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Genus: Gymnothorax

Species: Gymnothorax pindae Smith, 1962

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs on reef flats as well as lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 43 m. Benthic to 40 m (Ref. 58302, 75154). Cryptic (Ref 90102).Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

Habitat

associated