Green moray

"Green moray (eel)" is also sometimes used for the yellow moray, G. prasinus.
Green Moray Eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. funebris
Binomial name
Gymnothorax funebris
Ranzani, 1840

The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from New Jersey, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m. Its length is up to 2.5 m.


Green moray


References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gymnothorax funebris.
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National Aquarium - Green Moray Eel Fact Sheet

Florida Museum of Natural History - Green Moray Fact Sheet

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