Gymnothorax berndti

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Y-patterned moray
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. berndti
Binomial name
Gymnothorax berndti
Snyder, 1904

The y-patterned moray, y-patterned moray eel, or Berndt's moray (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m. [1] [2] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. [2]

Gymnothorax berndti can grow to 100 cm (39 in) total length. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax berndti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195711A2406424. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195711A2406424.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnothorax berndti". FishBase . August 2022 version.


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