Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gymnothorax buroensis
morena enrejado, morena errante, Vagrant moray
Length ten to 46 cm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anguilliformes
Family
Muraenidae
Genus
Gymnothorax
Species
buroensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lycodontis buroensis (Bleeker, 1857), Muraena buroensis Bleeker, 1857, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (vagrant?), Hawaii, Clipperton, Panama, Coco and Galapagos
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gymnothorax buroensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12979. Accessed 4 November 2026.