Gymnothorax enigmaticus

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

Gymnothorax enigmaticus, the enigmatic moray, tiger moray or banded moray, [2] is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. [3] It was first named by McCosker and Randall in 1982, [3]

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References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax enigmaticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195722A2407952. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195722A2407952.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Gymnothorax enigmaticus Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Gymnothorax enigmaticus at www.fishbase.org.