| Y-Patterned Moray | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. berndti |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904 |
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Gymnothorax berndti is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian oceans at depths of up to 300 meters.[1] It was first named by Snyder in 1904,[1] and is commonly known as the Y-patterned moray, Berndt's moray eel, or the Berndt's moray.[2]