Gymnothorax ocellatus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. ocellatus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz, 1831
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Gymnothorax ocellatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1] It was first named by Louis Agassiz in 1831,[1] and is also commonly known as the blackedge moray, Caribbean ocellated moray, conger, ocellated moray, spotted moray, sawtooth moray, white-spotted moray, or yellow cong.[2]
References
- ^ a b Gymnothorax ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Gymnothorax ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
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