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title: "Spotted Moray"
description: "Gymnothorax moringa — Fish. The spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a medium to large moray eel."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotted-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Moray

> Gymnothorax moringa — Fish. The spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a medium to large moray eel.

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax moringa*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2358
- Wikidata: [Q1498026](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1498026)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128105](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128105)

## Names

- en: Spotted Moray
- de: Gefleckte Muräne
- es: Morena manchada
- fr: Murène tachetée
- pl: Moringa cętkowana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (376), US (296), MQ (102), VI (91), CW (82), GP (75), HN (67), CO (62), DM (60), KY (54), BR (52), LC (45)

## Summary

The spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a medium to large moray eel.  Other common names include conger, spotted eel, red moray, speckled moray, white cong, white jawed moray, white-chinned moray and white-jawed moray eel.  Spotted eels have a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in general with small overlapping reddish brown to dark-brown spots.  They are commonly 60 cm (24 in) in length and can grow up to 2 m (6.6 ft), weighing 2.51 kg (5.5 lb). They inhabit the Western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.  They are also found around…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: anbalemans · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99994071

## Machine access

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