Gymnothorax rueppelliae
The banded moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae), also known as the banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel or yellow-headed moray,[1] is a moray eel found in coral reefs in Red Sea, East Africa to Hawaii, Tuamotu, Marquesas Islands, north of Ryukyu Islands and south of the Great Barrier Reef.[2] It is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with a 16-21 dark bars on the body and fins that become indistinct with growth, top of the head yellow and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth.[3]
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| Species: | G. rueppelliae |
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Gymnothorax rueppellii McClelland, 1844 | |
References
- Common names for Gymnothorax rueppellii at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gymnothorax rueppelliae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- Bray, D.J. (2011):Gymnothorax rueppelliae Fishes of Australia.
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