Biology:Southern moray eel

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Southern moray eel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. austrinus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax austrinus
E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001

The southern moray (Gymnothorax austrinus) is a moray eel found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Victoria, Australia. It was first named by Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and John E. McCosker in 2001.[2] It lives in moderate-temperature, marine habitat; it is a demersal fish. The maximum length discovered was a female at 88.2 cm long.[3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2482029 entry