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Name : Gymnothorax thyrsoideus

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

A comparatively short moray eel with whitish or pale yellow colour densely mottled with grey brown spots. Dark grey colour is observed on the front side of the head. The origin of dorsal fin about midway between gill opening and mouth corner and anus well anterior to middle of body


Size

Maximum length: 52.1 cm (TL), common length: 20-32 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods


Utilization

It is popular as an aquarium fish


Gears

Gillnet, trawl, trap