Biology:Blotch-necked moray eel

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Short description: Species of fish

Blotch-necked moray eel
Gymnothorax margaritophorus.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. margaritophorus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax margaritophorus
Bleeker, 1864

The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864,[2] and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1856705 entry