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title: "Gelbe Muräne"
description: "Gymnothorax prasinus — Fische. The yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/australian-green-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gelbe Muräne

> Gymnothorax prasinus — Fische. The yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax prasinus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2177
- Wikidata: [Q2278056](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2278056)
- iNaturalist taxon: [372278](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/372278)

## Names

- en: Australian Green Moray
- de: Gelbe Muräne
- es: Morena verde australiana

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1899), NZ (243)

## Summary

The yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand.

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

## Photo

![Gelbe Muräne](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-green-moray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jaco Grundling · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5934897

## Machine access

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