Gymnothorax phasmatodes

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

Gymnothorax phasmatodes, the ghost moray, or ghost moray eel, [2] is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean. [3]

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References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax phasmatodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195773A2415952. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195773A2415952.en . Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. Common names for Gymnothorax phasmatodes at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gymnothorax phasmatodes at www.fishbase.org.