Dark moray eel
Appearance
Dark moray eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. afer
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795
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The dark moray eel (Gymnothorax afer) is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia.[1] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795,.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.