Gymnothorax ocellatus

Gymnothorax ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Muraenidae
Genus:Gymnothorax
Species: G. ocellatus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax ocellatus
Agassiz, 1831

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]

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