Brown-spotted moray eel

The brown-spotted moray (Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953[2] and is also commonly known as the freckled moray.[3]

Brown-spotted moray eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. fuscomaculatus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195732A2409682. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195732A2409682.en. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus at www.fishbase.org.


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