Gymnothorax punctatus

(Gymnothorax punctatus)

Description

Gymnothorax punctatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Red Sea. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801, and is commonly known as the Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Actinopterygii

Order:Anguilliformes

Family:Muraenidae

Genus:Gymnothorax

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