---
title: "Giant Moray"
description: "Gymnothorax javanicus — Fish. The giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Moray

> Gymnothorax javanicus — Fish. The giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax javanicus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4791
- Wikidata: [Q1515957](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515957)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121000](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121000)

## Names

- en: Giant Moray
- de: Riesenmuräne
- es: Morena gigante
- fr: Murène javanaise
- nl: Reuzenmurene
- pl: Murena olbrzymia

## Countries with the most observations

ID (721), EG (688), MV (422), NC (282), PF (228), TH (210), FJ (139), AU (124), MY (121), SA (84), PW (73), PH (54)

## Summary

The giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is the largest moray eel; however, the slender giant moray is the largest in terms of body length.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_moray

## Photo

![Giant Moray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-moray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137249022

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-moray?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).