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Strophidon
The slender giant moray or Gangetic moray, Strophidon sathete, is the longest member of the family of moray eels. Specimens as large as 4 m have been recorded. This species is characterized by an elongated body, as well as brownish-grey dorsal coloration which pales towards the venter.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Gangetic Moray
speciesStrophidon sathete
Seale's Moray
speciesStrophidon dorsalis
Demon Moray
speciesStrophidon tetraporus
Nipponic Moray
speciesStrophidon ui
Dawydoff's Moray
speciesStrophidon dawydoffi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92279.