Biology:Speckled moray
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Short description: Species of fish
| Speckled moray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. obesus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley, 1932)
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The speckled moray, or Griffin's moray (Gymnothorax obesus) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland and the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand at depths down to 100 m, in reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between 40 and 200 cm.
References
- ↑ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax obesus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T195770A2415507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195770A2415507.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195770/2415507. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Gymnothorax obesus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635561. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Gymnothorax obesus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:978-0-00-216987-5
Wikidata ☰ Q2195653 entry
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