Gymnothorax phasmatodes

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Gymnothorax phasmatodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Elopomorpha
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. phasmatodes
Binomial name
Gymnothorax phasmatodes
(J. L. B. Smith, 1962)

Gymnothorax phasmatodes is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean.[1] It was first named by Smith in 1962,[1] and is commonly known as the Ghost moray or the Ghost moray eel.[2]

References

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