#2310 · 🐟 fish
Giant Moray
🇳🇱 Reuzenmurene ·Gymnothorax javanicus
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what is it?
The giant moray ( Gymnothorax javanicus ) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is the largest moray eel (the slender giant moray is longer).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,951 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859 (167 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Giant Moray
- Nederlands
- Reuzenmurene
- scientific name
- Gymnothorax javanicus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anguilliformes
- family
- Muraenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,951
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1859 by Pieter Bleeker
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Muraenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 121000, Wikidata Q1515957, GBIF 2403808, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.