| Gymnothorax formosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. formosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax formosus Bleeker, 1864 | |
Gymnothorax formosus is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean. [2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. [2]
Gymnothorax is a genus of fish in the family Muraenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels.
The undulated moray is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific and east-central Pacific Ocean at depths down to 30 m. Their length is up to 1.5 m.
Gymnothorax pictus, the painted moray, paintspotted moray or peppered moray, is a moray eel. The Chamorro name of the eel is títugi.
Gymnothorax annasona is a moray eel found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. It was first named by Whitley in 1937, and is commonly known as the Lord Howe Island moray or the Lord Howe moray.
The South Pacific moray is a moray eel found in the southeast and southwest Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Lavenberg in 1992.
The deep-dwelling moray is a deepwater moray eel found in the south Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island and Desventuradas Islands. It reaches a maximum length of about 76 cm. The type specimen was taken at a depth of 250 m.
The y-patterned moray eel is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m. It was first named by Snyder in 1904, and is also commonly known as Berndt's moray eel.
The latticetail moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1857, and is commonly also known as the vagrant moray, Buru moray eel, or Buro moray.
Castle's moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific Ocean. It was first named by E.B. Böhlke and J.E. Randall in 1999.
The headspot moray is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Böhlke and McCosker in 2001.
The banded mud moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Snyder in 1908, because of dark bands along its body.
The saddled moray eel is a moray eel found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It was first named by Felipe Poey in 1867.
The elegant moray, or Goldsborough's moray eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Bliss in 1883.
Gymnothorax enigmaticus, the enigmatic moray, tiger moray or banded moray, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was first named by McCosker and Randall in 1982,
The liver-colored moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Eduard Rüppell in 1830.
The spotted moray eel is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by John Richardson in 1845.
The white-spotted moray is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean. It was first named by Smith in 1962.
The drab moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1856, and is also commonly known as the brown moray, monochrome moray, monotone moray, or plain moray eel.
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.
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.
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