Biology:Panamic green moray eel

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Panamic green moray eel
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. castaneus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax castaneus
(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883)
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The panamic green moray eel (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific.[2] Common names also include chestnut moray eel.

The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [3] It grows to about 1.5 m in length,[3] and is brown to brownish green. [4] It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep. [3]

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T183477A8120143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183477A8120143.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183477/8120143. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. McCosker, John E. Rosenblatt, Richard H. (1975) The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. v.40 no.13.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Gymnothorax castaneus" in FishBase. 7 2009 version.
  4. Gerald R. Allen, David Ross Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific, University of Hawaii Press

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1232785 entry