Gymnothorax austrinus

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Gymnothorax austrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. austrinus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax austrinus
E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001

Gymnothorax austrinus is a moray eel found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Victoria, Australia. It was first named by Böhlke and McCosker in 2001 and is more commonly known as the Southern moray eel.[1] It likes a moderate temperature, only lives in the ocean and it is a demersal fish, meaning that it leaves near or on the bottom of the ocean. The maximum length discovered was a female at 88.2 cm long.[2] [3]

Notes

  1. Fishbase, Fishbase. "Southern moray". Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  2. http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/species/southern_moray/kq/hr/ww/
  3. Victoria, Museum. "Southern moray eel". Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
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