Gymnothorax rueppelliae

Gymnothorax rueppelliae
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. rueppelliae
Binomial name
Gymnothorax rueppelliae
(McClelland, 1844)
Synonyms

Gymnothorax rueppellii McClelland, 1844

Gymnothorax rueppelliae is a moray eel found in coral reefs in Red Sea, East Africa to Hawaii, Tuamotu, Marquesas Islands, north of Ryukyu Islands and south of the Great Barrier Reef.[1] It is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with a 16-21 dark bars on the body and fins that become indistinct with growth, top of the head yellow and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth. [2] It commonly known as the banded moray, banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel, or the yellow-headed moray.[3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gymnothorax rueppelliae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. Bray, D.J. (2011):Gymnothorax rueppelliae Fishes of Australia.
  3. Common names for Gymnothorax rueppellii at www.fishbase.org.


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