Lesser moray eel

The lesser moray (Gymnothorax minor) is a moray eel found in the western Pacific Ocean.[1] It was first named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846,[1] and is also known as the reticulated moray eel.[2]

Lesser moray eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. minor
Binomial name
Gymnothorax minor
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

References

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


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