Banded mud moray eel

The banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean (Taiwan and Indonesia).[1] It was first named by Snyder in 1908,[1] because of dark bands along its body.[2]

Banded mud moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. chlamydatus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax chlamydatus
Snyder, 1908

References

  1. Gymnothorax chlamydatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Gymnothorax chlamydatus at www.fishbase.org.


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