Gymnothorax castaneus
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| Panamic green moray eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. castaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax castaneus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) | |
The panamic green moray eel is a large moray eel in the Pacific.[1] Common names are panamic green moray eel and, more rarely, chestnut moray eel.
Range
The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [2]
Description
The panamic green moray grows to about 1.5m in length. [2] It is brown to brownish green. [3]
Habitat
Reef associated waters between 3m and 36m depth. [2]
References
- ↑ McCosker, John E. Rosenblatt, Richard H. (1975) The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. v.40 no.13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Gymnothorax castaneus" in FishBase. 7 2009 version.
- ↑ Gerald R. Allen, David Ross Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific, University of Hawaii Press
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