Yujin Moray eel

[JimoAi]

Anyone notices how Yujin mislabeled a Spotted Moray as a Giant moray? Heck. They had one for the Toba aquarium and the final product turned out to be a spotted moray. Pics by @sbell     

[sbell]

Yeah. Sometimes it's confusing how they can make great figures and weird labelling mistakes

[bmathison1972]

@sbell @JimoAi - so what's the verdict on this? What species are we most confident on? Could the cleaner fish aid in the ID?

Yujin makes rare mistakes. In the freshwater set, the roundtail paradise fish was misidentified as a paradise fish in the first released (corrected for later releases)

[JimoAi]

@sbell @JimoAi - so what's the verdict on this? What species are we most confident on? Could the cleaner fish aid in the ID?

Yujin makes rare mistakes. In the freshwater set, the roundtail paradise fish was misidentified as a paradise fish in the first released (corrected for later releases)

Gotta say the cleaner wrasse is accurate but the eel paint scheme is based on the Spotted moray

[bmathison1972]

but the spotting looks too subtle for a spotted; this could easily represent G. javanicus in my opinion.

[JimoAi]

but the spotting looks too subtle for a spotted; this could easily represent G. javanicus in my opinion.

G. javanicus has more of a darker brown and some specking as opposed to just spots

[bmathison1972]

but the spotting looks too subtle for a spotted; this could easily represent G. javanicus in my opinion.

G. javanicus has more of a darker brown and some specking as opposed to just spots

It's really not perfect for either. However, for my collection I am going to keep it as advertised without compelling evidence to the contrary

[Beetle guy]

The spotting in adult G. Javanicus is very variable in spots, isn't it?

[bmathison1972]

The spotting in adult G. Javanicus is very variable in spots, isn't it?

yeah; I think it's fine to call this G. javanicus, and since that's what the paper says, that is what I will database it as in my collection

[JimoAi]

The spotting in adult G. Javanicus is very variable in spots, isn't it?

To be fair, it's too pale to be G. javaniscus  

[JimoAi]

ok since I intend on reviewing this figure I am still deciding to call it either G. javanisvus, G.isingteena or G.sp?

[EpicRaptorMan]

Pretty nice figure. Does it need assembly? Might want to grab myself one.

[bmathison1972]

ok since I intend on reviewing this figure I am still deciding to call it either G. javanisvus, G.isingteena or G.sp?

you should probably call it whatever it was marketed as, at least for the review (unless there is substantial evidence to the contrary, which I don't think there is here). You can always discuss other options in your review, but tagging should follow what the manufacturer intended.

[Shane]

Looking over this thread, I definitely don't think that's a spotted moray. The markings are much more aligned with a giant moray. In spotted morays the spots are so prevalent that they are often touching and overlapping. The spaced out spot arrangement here is much closer to a giant moray. The base coloration may be a little pale, but I'm only seeing a small promo shot from an insert, so it's hard to make a call on that.