Common Name: Stout / Salt and Pepper / Abbott's Moray
Species Name: Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1861)
Range: Eastern Pacific Ocean: southeast Africa to Cocos Island, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands and south to Lord Howe and Easter Island
Size: Up to 25 inches (62 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit inshore reef areas and lagoons under rocks and in rubble areas
General Husbandry: Has a wide temperature range of 70 - 82°F (21 - 28°C) and will accept a wide range of meaty foods, yet prefers mostly crustaceans and small fishes. Feed once or twice a week using a feeding stick. Should have enough rocky areas/caves to hide in.
Aquarium Suitability: * *
Anemonefishes - Angelfishes - Anthias - Assessors - Bannerfish - Basslets (Dottybacks and Grammas) - Batfishes - Blennies - Boxfishes - Brotulas - Butterflyfishes - Cardinalfishes - Catfishes - Cuttlefish - Damselfishes - Dartfishes - Dragonets - Drums - Eels - Filefishes - Flashlight fishes - Flatheads - Frogfishes - Goatfishes - Gobies - Groupers - Hamlets - Hawkfishes - Helmut Gurnards - Jacks - Jawfishes - Lion fishes - Livebearing Brotula - Lizardfishes - Mollies - Moorish Idol - Parrotfishes - Pinecone fishes - Pipefishes - Porcupine fishes - Pufferfishes - Rabbitfishes - Rays - Sand Perches - Scats - Scorpionfishes - Seabasses - Seahorses - Sea Moths - Sharks - Shrimpfishes - Snappers - Soldierfishes - Spinecheeks - Squirrelfishes - Surgeonfishes (Tangs) - Sweetlips - Tilefishes - Triggerfishes - Trumpetfishes - Wrasses
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.