Green moray
- "Green moray (eel)" is also sometimes used for the yellow moray, G. prasinus.
Green Moray Eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. funebris |
Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1840 | |
The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from New Jersey, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m. Its length is up to 2.5 m.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Gymnothorax funebris" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gymnothorax funebris. |
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National Aquarium - Green Moray Eel Fact Sheet
Florida Museum of Natural History - Green Moray Fact Sheet
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