Dwarf moray eel

Dwarf moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. melatremus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax melatremus
L. P. Schultz, 1953

The dwarf moray or golden dwarf moray eel (Gymnothorax melatremus) is a moray eel from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 26 cm in length.

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