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title: "Whitemouth Moray"
description: "Gymnothorax meleagris — Ryby. The turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris), also known as the guineafowl moray or as the white-mouth/whitemouth moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/whitemouth-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Whitemouth Moray

> Gymnothorax meleagris — Ryby. The turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris), also known as the guineafowl moray or as the white-mouth/whitemouth moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax meleagris*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2726
- Wikidata: [Q2366562](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2366562)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116736](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116736)

## Names

- en: Whitemouth Moray
- de: Perlenmuräne
- es: Morena boca blanca
- fr: Murène ponctuée
- nl: Parelmurene

## Countries with the most observations

US (1624), ID (131), RE (85), NC (78), PH (57), CK (43), JP (43), MU (41), PF (38), AU (37), KE (36), CX (34)

## Summary

The turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris), also known as the guineafowl moray or as the white-mouth/whitemouth moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45298629

## Machine access

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