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Panamic green moray eel

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Panamic green moray eel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. castaneus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax castaneus

The panamic green moray eel (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific.[2] Common names also include chestnut moray eel.

The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [3] It grows to about 1.5 m in length,[3] and is brown to brownish green. [4] It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T183477A8120143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183477A8120143.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ McCosker, John E. Rosenblatt, Richard H. (1975) The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. v.40 no.13.
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnothorax castaneus". FishBase. July 2009 version.
  4. ^ Gerald R. Allen, David Ross Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific, University of Hawaii Press
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