Saddled moray eel

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Saddled moray eel
Gymnothorax conspersus - pone.0010676.g006.png
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. conspersus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax conspersus
Poey, 1867

The saddled moray eel (Gymnothorax conspersus) is a moray eel found in the western Atlantic Ocean. [2] It was first named by Felipe Poey in 1867. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax conspersus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195718A2407320. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195718A2407320.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Gymnothorax conspersus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Gymnothorax conspersus at www.fishbase.org.