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Banded mud moray eel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Scientific name
  
Gymnothorax chlamydatus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Elopomorpha

Family
  
Muraenidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Latticetail moray, Lipspot moray eel, Whitemargin moray eel

The banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Snyder in 1908, because of dark bands along its body.

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Banded mud moray eel Wikipedia