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Dark moray eel
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. afer
Binomial name
Gymnothorax afer
Bloch, 1795

The dark moray eel (Gymnothorax afer) is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795,.

References

  1. Smith, G. (2015). "Gymnothorax afer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195701A2405253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195701A2405253.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Gymnothorax afer at www.fishbase.org.
Taxon identifiers
Gymnothorax afer


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