Kidako moray

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iKidako moray

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. kidako
Binomial name
Gymnothorax kidako
Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 [1]

The Kidako moray, Gymnothorax kidako, is a type of Moray eel native to the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the ocean regions around Taiwan, parts of the Philippines, and southern Japan. [2] The kidako moray is usually dark-yellow with a spreading, treelike brown pattern and has been known to reach a maximum size of between 80cm (2 ft 7 in) and 91.5cm (3 ft). [2][3] It usually resides in crevices in shallow reefs. Sometimes the kidako moray is used for a food source in Japan and as a result it is included in some minor commercial fisheries in Japan.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gymnothorax kidako. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. Retrieved on 6 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b c Gymnothorax kidako. fishbase.org. Retrieved on 6 November 2006.
  3. ^ Gymnothorax kidako. World Widlife Federation. Retrieved on 6 November 2006.


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