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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Kidako morays are eaten as food in some regions.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Kidako moray
- Scientific name
- Gymnothorax kidako
- Japanese name
- ウツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
It lives on rocky coasts in Japan, the southern Korean Peninsula, southern Taiwan and nearby areas.
Basic data
Where the Kidako 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
- ウツボ
- 简体中文
- 蠕纹裸胸鳝
- 繁體中文
- 蠕紋裸胸鯙
- 한국어
- 곰치
- Español
- Morena de Kidako
- Deutsch
- Kidako-Muräne
- Português (Brasil)
- Moreia-de-Kidako
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 — ウツボChecked: 2026-11-03
- 海遊館 — ウツボChecked: 2026-11-03
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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