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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).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Yellowmargin Moray being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gymnothorax breedeni
- Muraena helena
- Gymnothorax eurostus
- Gymnothorax javanicus
- Gymnothorax annasona
- Gymnothorax miliaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
- Species
- Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
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