Elegant moray eel

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Elegant moray eel
FMIB 42391 Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann; from the type.jpeg
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. elegans
Binomial name
Gymnothorax elegans
Bliss, 1883
Synonyms

Lycodontis elegans (Bliss, 1883)

The elegant moray (Gymnothorax elegans), or Goldsborough's moray eel, [2] is a moray eel found in deep water (90-450 meters) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [3] It was first named by Bliss in 1883. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195721A2407773. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195721A2407773.en .
  2. ↑ Common names for Gymnothorax elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Gymnothorax elegans at www.fishbase.org.


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