Brown moray eel
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. unicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809)
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The brown moray eel,[1] Gymnothorax unicolor, is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean[2] and Mediterranean.[3] It was first named by Delaroche in 1809.[2]
Distribution[]
The brown moray eel is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean (in the coast of Portugal, in all the archipelagos of Macaronesia and Ascension Island) and on the Mediterranean.[3]
References[]
- ^ Common names for Gymnothorax unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gymnothorax unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b "Brown Moray". IUCN. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
External links[]
- Photos of Brown moray eel on Sealife Collection
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Categories:
- Gymnothorax
- Fish described in 1809
- Taxa named by François-Étienne de La Roche
- Muraenidae stubs