Y-patterned moray eel
| Y-patterned moray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. berndti |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904 | |
The Y-patterned moray eel (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m.[1] It was first named by Snyder in 1904,[1] and is also commonly known as Berndt's moray eel.[2]
References
- 1 2 Gymnothorax berndti at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Gymnothorax berndti at www.fishbase.org.
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