Gymnothorax afer

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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

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
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