Latticetail moray

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Latticetail moray
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. buroensis
Binomial name
Gymnothorax buroensis
(Bleeker, 1857)

The latticetail moray (Gymnothorax buroensis) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1857, [2] and is commonly also known as the vagrant moray, Buru moray eel, or Buro moray. [3]

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References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax buroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T166942A1155316. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T166942A1155316.en .
  2. 1 2 Gymnothorax buroensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gymnothorax buroensis at www.fishbase.org.