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title: "Green Moray"
description: "Gymnothorax funebris — Peixes. The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, to Bermuda, to the northern Gulf of Mexico and to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m (130 ft)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/green-moray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Moray

> Gymnothorax funebris — Peixes. The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, to Bermuda, to the northern Gulf of Mexico and to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m (130 ft).

- Scientific name: *Gymnothorax funebris*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2259
- Wikidata: [Q1551970](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1551970)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120125](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120125)

## Names

- en: Green Moray
- de: Grüne Muräne
- es: Morena verde
- fr: Murène verte
- nl: Groene murene

## Countries with the most observations

MX (328), US (298), HN (164), BZ (141), KY (96), CW (79), BR (56), CU (44), AW (29), TT (23), BM (22), CO (19)

## Summary

The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, to Bermuda, to the northern Gulf of Mexico and to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m (130 ft). With a length up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft), it is the largest moray species of the tropical Atlantic and one of the largest species of moray eels known.
The common name "green moray" is also sometimes used to refer to the yellow moray, G. prasinus. Its green colour comes from a protective layer of mucus secreted by its specialized goblet cells, much like other species of morays. Underneath this…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45276855

## Machine access

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