Gymnothorax punctatus

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

Gymnothorax punctatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Red Sea.[1] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801,[1] and is commonly known as the Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.[2]

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