Fimbriated moray
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| Fimbriated moray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. fimbriatus |
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| Gymnothorax fimbriatus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) |
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The fimbriated moray, Gymnothorax fimbriatus, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans, around reefs, harbours and small caves, at depths down to 45 meters. It is pale green-yellow in color with black spots on its face and can reach a maximum length of 80 cm. It feeds mainly on small fish.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Gymnothorax fimbriatus" in FishBase. January 2007 version.
