Blotch-necked moray eel

Blotch-necked moray eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. margaritophorus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax margaritophorus
Bleeker, 1864

The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864,[2] and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.[3]

References

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax margaritophorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195749A2412099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195749A2412099.en. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.


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