Blotch-necked moray eel

The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[1] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864,[1] and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.[2]

Blotch-necked moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. margaritophorus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax margaritophorus
Bleeker, 1864

References
  1. Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.


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