Gymnothorax ocellatus

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]

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

References

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


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