Easter Island moray eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. nasuta |
Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax nasuta F. de Buen, 1961 | |
The Easter Island moray (Gymnothorax nasuta) is a moray eel found in the southeast Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island and Chile. [1] It was first named by de Buen in 1961. [1] [2]
Moray eels, or Muraenidae, are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
Gymnothorax annasona is a moray eel found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. It was first named by Whitley in 1937, and is commonly known as the Lord Howe Island moray or the Lord Howe moray.
The deep-dwelling moray is a deepwater moray eel found in the south Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island and Desventuradas Islands. It reaches a maximum length of about 76 cm. The type specimen was taken at a depth of 250 m.
The latticetail moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1857, and is commonly also known as the vagrant moray, Buru moray eel, or Buro moray.
The lipspot moray, also known as the textile moray, white-lipped moray or white-lipped reef eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.
The enigmatic moray, also known as the tiger moray or banded moray, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by McCosker and Randall in 1982,
Gymnothorax equatorialis is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from the Gulf of California to Peru. It was first named by Hildebrand in 1946, and is commonly known as the spotted-tail moray or the spottail moray.
The brown-spotted moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Schultz in 1953 and is also commonly known as the freckled moray.
The slendertail moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Jenkins in 1903, and is also commonly known as the graceful-tailed moray.
The white-spotted moray is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean. It was first named by Smith in 1962.
The blotch-necked moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.
The Marshall Islands moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Schultz in 1953,
Gymnothorax mccoskeri is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and the eastern Indian ocean. It was first named by Smith and Böhlke in 1997, and is commonly known as the McCosker's moray, many-banded moray-eel, or the manyband moray.
The Moluccan moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.
The drab moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1856, and is also commonly known as the brown moray, monochrome moray, monotone moray, or plain moray eel.
Gymnothorax ocellatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. It was first named by Louis Agassiz in 1831, and is also commonly known as the blackedge moray, Caribbean ocellated moray, conger, ocellated moray, spotted moray, sawtooth moray, white-spotted moray, or yellow cong.
Gymnothorax polyspondylus is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific, around Hawaii. It was first named by Böhlke and Randall in 2000, and is commonly known as the manyvertebrae moray.
Gymnothorax prismodon is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the sawtooth moray.
Gymnothorax reticularis is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795, and is commonly known as the dusky-banded moray, reticulated moray, net moray, or the spotted moray.
Gymnothorax richardsonii is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1852, and is commonly known as the Richardson's moray, little moray, spotted-lip moray, or the Y-lined moray.
The banded moray, also known as the banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel or yellow-headed moray, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in Red Sea, East Africa to Hawaii, Tuamotu, Marquesas Islands, north of Ryukyu Islands and south of the Great Barrier Reef. It is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with a 16-21 dark bars on the body and fins that become indistinct with growth, top of the head yellow and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth.
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