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Banded mud moray eel

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Banded mud moray eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. chlamydatus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax chlamydatus
Snyder, 1908

The banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean (Taiwan and Indonesia).[2] It was first named by Snyder in 1908,[2] because of dark bands along its body.[3]

References

  1. ^ Smith, D.G. (2019). "Gymnothorax chlamydatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195717A2407192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195717A2407192.en. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gymnothorax chlamydatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Gymnothorax chlamydatus at www.fishbase.org.