Name this Eel

[Tony F]

Shot was taken last month in Wakatobi. I think it's a Giant Moray, but all those white rings have me wondering. Never noticed them before on an eel. Can anyone make more of a positive id?

[humu9679]

I'm not certain about the species, but certainly Gymnothorax. It has the look of a Stout, too, but those are pretty small. I wonder if those white rings are moray ringworm 😉

[Chris Ross]

Looks like a giant moray, if it is it should have a dark patch on the gill opening which seems to be behind the coral in this shot.  DO you have other pics?  There doesn't seem to be too many species which look similar to the giant moray you could point to as a maybe.  

[Tony F]

That's the only picture I took of it. I was most interested in getting a shot of the white rings on it.

[Architeuthis]

I guess that the white rings are remains of a fight with an octopus...