Dark moray eel

Dark moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Muraenidae
Genus:Gymnothorax
Species: G. afer
Binomial name
Gymnothorax afer
Bloch, 1795

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

  1. 1 2 Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.


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