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The reticulated moray has no scales on its body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Reticulated Moray
- Scientific name
- Gymnothorax reticularis
- Japanese name
- アミウツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
It is found from many parts of Japan to Korea, Taiwan, China and the east and northwest coasts of Australia.
How the Reticulated Moray lives
It lives mainly on sandy or muddy seabeds. It eats fish and large animals without backbones. Its eggs and larvae drift in the water.
中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心CIESMBasic data
- Size
- Body length: about 60 cm
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, southern Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, Penghu Islands, Hainan Island, Spratly Islands, Australian coasts, and elsewhere
Where the Reticulated Moray has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アミウツボ
- 简体中文
- 疏条纹裸胸鯙
- 繁體中文
- 疏條紋裸胸鯙
- 한국어
- 나망곰치
- Español
- Morena reticulada
- Português (Brasil)
- Moréia-reticulada
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アミウツボChecked: 2026-11-04
- 中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心 — 疏條紋裸胸鯙 Gymnothorax reticularisChecked: 2026-11-07
- CIESM — Gymnothorax reticularisChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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