Brown speckled eel
Brown speckled eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. steindachneri
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax steindachneri D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903
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The brown speckled eel or Steindachner's moray eel,[1] Gymnothorax steindachneri, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, around Hawaii.[2] It was first named by Jordan and Evermann in 1903.[2] It is rarely seen in the wild due to its aggressive nature. It will lie waiting for a passing animal, and then ambush it.
References[]
- ^ Common names for Gymnothorax steindachneri at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gymnothorax steindachneri at www.fishbase.org.
Categories:
- Gymnothorax
- Fish described in 1903
- Muraenidae stubs