Snowflake-patched moray eel
| Snowflake-patched moray eel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Elopomorpha |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. niphostigmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax niphostigmus Hong Ming Chen, K. T. Shao & C. T. Chen, 1996 | |
The snowflake-patched moray (Gymnothorax niphostigmus) is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Taiwan.[1] [2] It was first named by Chen, Shao, and Chen in 1996.[2]
References
- ↑ Common names for Gymnothorax niphostigmus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Gymnothorax niphostigmus at www.fishbase.org.
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