Brown moray eel
The brown moray eel,[1] Gymnothorax unicolor, is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean[2] and Mediterranean.[3] It was first named by Delaroche in 1809.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) | |
Distribution
The brown moray eel is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean (in the coast of Portugal, in all the archipelagos of Macaronesia and Ascension Island) and on the Mediterranean.[3]
References
- Common names for Gymnothorax unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- Gymnothorax unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- "Brown Moray". IUCN. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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