Sharktooth moray eel

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Sharktooth moray eel
Gymnothorax maderensis - pone.0010676.g007.png
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. maderensis
Binomial name
Gymnothorax maderensis

The sharktooth moray eel (Gymnothorax maderensis) is a moray eel found in the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2015). "Gymnothorax maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T190250A1946099. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190250A1946099.en . Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Gymnothorax maderensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gymnothorax maderensis at www.fishbase.org.