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Elegant Moray

Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883

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Diagnostic Description

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Greenish with yellowish spots; brown stripe from chin to anus and alongside anal.
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Morphology

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Vertebrae: 141
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Biology

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Found in deep waters (Ref. 10713). May occur in crevices of steep drop-offs in as little as 25 m (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302).
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Elegant moray eel

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The elegant moray (Gymnothorax elegans), or Goldsborough's moray eel,[2] is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[3] It was first named by Bliss in 1883.[3]

References

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195721A2407773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195721A2407773.en.
  2. ^ Common names for Gymnothorax elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Gymnothorax elegans at www.fishbase.org.
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Elegant moray eel: Brief Summary

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The elegant moray (Gymnothorax elegans), or Goldsborough's moray eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Bliss in 1883.

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Description

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Found in deep waters.

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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).

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