This species is known as
Honeycomb Moray and the correct latin name is
Gymnothorax favagineus. The family that this marine fish species belongs to is called the
Moray Eel family. (
e) It's origin is
Sri Lanka. (
e)
Character and suggestions regarding care
An aggressive fish which can be seen in public aquariums instead of home fish tanks. It’s because of the size.
Honeycomb Moray can grow up to 180 cm what is approximately 70 inches. 1 specimen basically needs at least 21600cm
2 of water surface which is approximately 3348 square inch. We recommend you to keep it in fish tanks which are very large. (
e) Medium aquariums have at least 113 Litres (30 US Gallons). Large aquariums have at least 265 Litres (70 US Gallons). Capacity of very large aquariums is at least 700 Litres (185 US Gallons).
It is easy to keep the Honeycomb Moray fish. (
e) The specific gravity (SG) should be between 1,020 and 1,025, the temperature between 23°C (73.4°F) and 26°C (78.8°F). The suggested level of pH (a measure of the acidity/basicity) is between 8.0 and 8.3 which is usual for most marine fish.

Related fish profiles in the database
- Echidna Nebulosa (Snowflake Moray, Snowflake Eel)
- Gymnomuraena Zebra (Zebra Moray Eel, Carpet Eel Blenny, Eared Eel Blenny, Wolf, Green Wolf Eel)
- Gymnothorax Funebris (Green Eel, Golden Eel)
- Gymnothorax Meleagris (Turkey Moray)
- Gymnothorax Miliaris (Goldentail Moray)
- Gymnothorax Mordax (California Moray)
- Gymnothorax Pictus (Peppered Moray)
- Gymnothorax Thyrsoideus (Greyface Moray)
- Gymnothorax Undulatus (Undulated Moray)
- Muraena Helena (Mediterranean Moray)
- Scuticaria Tigrina (Spotted Eel, Spotted Snake Moray, Tiger Eel, Tiger Moray, Tiger Moray Eel, Tiger Reef Eel, Tiger Reef-Eel, Tiger Snake Moray)
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Document modified on Tue Dec 11 13:17:25 UTC 2007
Document created on Tue Dec 11 13:17:25 UTC 2007
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