Gymnothorax punctatus
Species of fish
Gymnothorax punctatus | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. punctatus |
Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
Gymnothorax punctatus is a moray eel.
Habitat
It is found in coral reefs in the Red Sea.[2]
Naming
It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801,[2] and is commonly known as the Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.[3]
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