Ocellated moray

Ocellated moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. saxicola
Binomial name
Gymnothorax saxicola
D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891
Not to be confused with the Caribbean ocellated moray, Gymnothorax ocellatus.

The ocellated moray (Gymnothorax saxicola) is a species of moray eel from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally is found in the aquarium trade. It grows to 60 cm in length.

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