Dark moray eel
| Dark moray eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. afer |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 | |
The dark moray eel (Gymnothorax afer) is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia.[1] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795,.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
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