Blotch-necked moray eel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. margaritophorus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1864
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The blotch-necked moray eel (Gymnothorax margaritophorus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864,[2] and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray.[3]