Biology:Gymnothorax berndti

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Short description: Species of fish

Y-patterned moray
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. berndti
Binomial name
Gymnothorax berndti
Snyder, 1904

The y-patterned moray, y-patterned moray eel, or Berndt's moray (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m.[1][2] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.[2]

Gymnothorax berndti can grow to 100 cm (39 in) total length.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax berndti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T195711A2406424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195711A2406424.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195711/2406424. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Gymnothorax berndti" in FishBase. August 2022 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2268678 entry