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title: "Gymnothorax thrysoideus"
description: "Gymnothorax thyrsoideus — Pesci. The greyface moray eel, also called the freckled moray, slender moray, or white-eyed moray, Gymnothorax thyrsoideus, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-eyed-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gymnothorax thrysoideus

> Gymnothorax thyrsoideus — Pesci. The greyface moray eel, also called the freckled moray, slender moray, or white-eyed moray, Gymnothorax thyrsoideus, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax thyrsoideus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2090
- Wikidata: [Q949620](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949620)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119390](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119390)

## Names

- en: White-eyed Moray
- de: Weißaugenmuräne
- es: Morena de cabeza negra
- fr: Murène à tête grise
- it: Gymnothorax thrysoideus

## Countries with the most observations

PH (573), ID (445), AU (357), TH (104), NC (92), MY (74), MV (37), JP (29), TW (27), LK (19), HK (18), IN (13)

## Summary

The greyface moray eel, also called the freckled moray, slender moray, or white-eyed moray, Gymnothorax thyrsoideus, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

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

## Photo

![Gymnothorax thrysoideus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eyed-moray/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/395095161

## Machine access

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