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Name : Gymnothorax javanicus

Common Name : Walm
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Anguilliformes
Family : Muraenidae
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Description

This species is characterised by the presence of numerous black spots on the head and a dark area over the opercle. Body is covered of numerous tiny black spots.


Size

Maximum length: 189.3 cm (TL), common length: 130-180 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on small bottom living fishes, crabs, cephalopods and other invertebrates


Utilization

It is popular as an aquarium fish


Gears

Gillnet, trawl, trap