Gymnothorax baranesi

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Gymnothorax baranesi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. baranesi
Binomial name
Gymnothorax baranesi

Gymnothorax baranesi is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean, around the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel, and the Red Sea. [2] It was first named by D.G. Smith, E. Brokovich, and S. Einbinder in 2008. [2]

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Gymnothorax punctatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Red Sea. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801, and is commonly known as the Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.

<i>Gymnothorax rueppelliae</i> Species of fish

Gymnothorax rueppelliae, the banded moray, 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.

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gymnothorax baranesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195709A2406221. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195709A2406221.en . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Gymnothorax baranesi at www.fishbase.org.