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Gymnothorax rueppelliae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Muraenidae

Scientific name
  
Gymnothorax rueppellii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
Gymnothorax

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Species

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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. 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. 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.

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