MURAENIDAE Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (photo by Mark Strickland) Gymnothorax thyrsoideus, 26.0 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) White-eye Moray V 125-137. Body moderately elongate. Teeth conical, 2 rows on side of upper jaw and front of lower jaw. Dorsal-fin origin about halfway between corner of mouth and gill opening. Anus at or near middle of body. Color: body whitish to pale yellowish, densely mottled with dark gray or brown; front half of head uniform dark purplish gray; dusky gray around gill opening. Size: maximum length 66 cm. Distribution: distributed in Indo-Pacific, except for Hawaiian Islands and Red Sea. Remarks: generally found on seaward reefs.