Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae

Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. elaineheemstrae
Binomial name
	Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae; Sithole, Smith, Mwale & Gouws, 2020

Last updated October 04, 2025

Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae is a fish in the family Muraenidae.^[1]

The eel is named in honor of Elaine Heemstra of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.^[2]

References

↑ Sithole, Yonela; Smith, David G.; Mwale, Monica; Gouws, Gavin (2020-04-23). "A taxonomic revision of Gymnothorax undulatus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4767 (1): 161–181. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.7. PMID 33056577.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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[1] Sithole, Yonela; Smith, David G.; Mwale, Monica; Gouws, Gavin (2020-04-23). "A taxonomic revision of Gymnothorax undulatus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4767 (1): 161–181. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.7. PMID 33056577.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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