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Blotch-necked 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. margaritophorus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax margaritophorus
Bleeker, 1864

The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax margaritophorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195749A2412099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195749A2412099.en. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Gymnothorax margaritophorus at www.fishbase.org.
Taxon identifiers
Gymnothorax margaritophorus


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