Deep-dwelling moray

Deep-dwelling moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. bathyphilus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax bathyphilus
J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1975

The deep-dwelling moray (Gymnothorax bathyphilus) is a deepwater moray eel found in the south Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island.[1] It reaches a maximum length of about 76 cm. The type specimen was taken at a depth of 250 m.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gymnothorax bathyphilus at www.fishbase.org.
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