Atoll moray

Gymnothorax atolli

Fish Reaching Twenty Nine Point Three Centimeters in Central Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The atoll moray eel (Gymnothorax atolli) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Pietschmann in 1935.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 29.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: northern Hawaiian Islands and Midway Atoll.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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