| Dark moray | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. afer |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 |
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Gymnothorax afer is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia.[1] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795,[1] and is commonly known as the Dark moray.[2]