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Scientific Name	**Muraenesox cinereus** (Forsskål, 1775)
Common Name
Type Locality	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.
Synonym(s)	Conger hamo, Conger longirostris, Conger oxyrhynchus, Conger singaporensis, Congrus angustidens, Congrus brevicuspis, Congrus protervus, Muraena arabicus, Muraena cinerea, Muraenesox arabicus, Muraenesox bengalensis, Muraenesox cinerius, Muraenesox tricuspidata, Muraenosox cinereus, Ophisurus rostratus
Species Information
Size	2200mm or 86.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, west coast of India, and Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tuvalu, north to Japan and Korea, south to the Arafura Sea and northern Australia. Migrated to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. Indian Ocean (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, West Pacific (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 22, x.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:05 (species record created: 2014 Nov 10 12:07)