Gymnothorax walvisensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. walvisensis
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax walvisensis Prokofiev, 2009
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Gymnothorax walvisensis is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels).[1] It was described by Artem Mikhailovich Prokofiev in 2009.[2] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Walvis Ridge, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived). Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 41.3 cm.[1]