Y-patterned moray eel

The y-patterned moray eel (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m.[2] It was first named by Snyder in 1904,[2] and is also commonly known as Berndt's moray eel.[3]

Y-patterned moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. berndti
Binomial name
Gymnothorax berndti
Snyder, 1904

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax berndti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195711A2406424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195711A2406424.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Gymnothorax berndti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gymnothorax berndti at www.fishbase.org.


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