White-edged moray

White-edged moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Elopomorpha
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. verrilli
Binomial name
Gymnothorax verrilli

The white-edged moray[1] (Gymnothorax verrilli) is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, from Panama to Baja California.[2] It lives on shallow-water sandy and muddy bottoms, and can grow to 43 cm length.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Gymnothorax verrilli at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Gymnothorax verrilli" in FishBase. April 2016 version.


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