| Blotch-necked moray eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. margaritophorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1864 | |
The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864 [2] and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray. [3]