Panamic green moray eel

Panamic green moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Muraenidae
Genus:Gymnothorax
Species: G. castaneus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax castaneus

The panamic green moray eel (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific.[1] Common names also include chestnut moray eel.

The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [2] It grows to about 1.5 m in length,[2] and is brown to brownish green. [3] It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep. [2]

References

  1. ↑ McCosker, John E. Rosenblatt, Richard H. (1975) The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. v.40 no.13.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Gymnothorax castaneus" in FishBase. 7 2009 version.
  3. ↑ Gerald R. Allen, David Ross Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific, University of Hawaii Press


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