White-edged moray
The white-edged moray[1] (Gymnothorax verrilli) is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, from Panama to Baja California.[2] It lives on shallow-water sandy and muddy bottoms, and can grow to 43 cm (17 in) length.[2]
| White-edged moray | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. verrilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax verrilli (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) | |
References
- Common names for Gymnothorax verrilli at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Gymnothorax verrilli" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
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