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title: "Yellowmargin Moray"
description: "Gymnothorax flavimarginatus — Fish. The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray, (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellowmargin-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellowmargin Moray

> Gymnothorax flavimarginatus — Fish. The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray,  (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax flavimarginatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2452
- Wikidata: [Q659613](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659613)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121740](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121740)

## Names

- en: Yellowmargin Moray
- de: Gelbgefleckte Muräne
- es: Morena de borde amarillo
- fr: Murène à taches jaunes
- nl: Geelgevlekte murene

## Countries with the most observations

US (846), ID (509), PH (130), MV (109), CR (67), EG (56), MY (48), PA (40), AU (38), NC (23), TH (23), KE (22)

## Summary

The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray,  (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340727844

## Machine access

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