Southern moray eel
(Redirected from Gymnothorax austrinus)
| Southern moray eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. austrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax austrinus E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001
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The southern moray (Gymnothorax austrinus) is a moray eel found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Victoria, Australia. It was first named by Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and John E. McCosker in 2001.[2] It lives in moderate-temperature, marine habitat; it is a demersal fish. The maximum length discovered was a female at 88.2 cm long.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax austrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195707A2406060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195707A2406060.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Fishbase, Fishbase. "Southern moray". Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/species/southern_moray/kq/hr/ww/ [dead link]
- ^ Victoria, Museum. Southern moray eel. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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