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Southern moray eel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Muraenidae

Scientific name
  
Gymnothorax austrinus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
Gymnothorax

Rank
  
Species

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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 Böhlke and McCosker in 2001. It lives in moderate-temperature, marine habitat; it is a demersal fish. The maximum length discovered was a female at 88.2 cm long.

References

Southern moray eel Wikipedia