The sieve-patterned moray eel (Gymnothorax cribroris) is a species of moray eel found in coral reefs of the western Pacific Ocean and northern Australia. It was first named by Whitley in 1932 and is also commonly known as the sieve moray, brown-flecked reef eel, brown-flecked moray or the Australian moray.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sieve-patterned 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 pseudothyrsoideus
- Gymnothorax emmae
- Gymnothorax chilospilus
- Muraena lentiginosa
- Gymnothorax eurostus
- Gymnothorax prasinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
- Species
- Gymnothorax cribroris
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