Panamic green moray eel
| 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 (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific.[1] Common names also include chestnut moray eel.
The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [2] It grows to about 1.5 m in length,[2] and is brown to brownish green. [3] It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep. [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.
- 1 2 3 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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