Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gymnothorax mordax

California moray

WoRMS 271856ITIS 161194GBIF 2404017key worms:271856

2026-08-05: itis_id 161194 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Gymnothorax melagris

California moray1.5 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Gymnothorax mordax — Photo · Jeremyse, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The California moray is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the eastern Pacific from just north of Santa Barbara to Santa Maria Bay in Baja California. They are the only species of moray eel found off California, and one of the few examples of a subtropical moray.W CalCOFI holds 9 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1969 and 2003, as larva.R

9
observations: 9
records: 9
sampling events: 1969–2003
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 9 obs · 9 events · 1969–2003 · larva
name used: Gymnothorax mordax California moray · code 372

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:271856%22

Gymnothorax mordax

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.