Caribbean ocellated moray | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. ocellatus |
Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz, 1831 |
Caribbean ocellated moray, Gymnothorax ocellatus, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean.[1] It was first named by Louis Agassiz in 1831,[1] and is commonly known as the Caribbean ocellated moray, Blackedge moray, Conger, Ocellated moray, Spotted moray, Sawtooth moray, White-spotted moray, or the Yellow Cong.[2]