Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932 is a animal in the Muraenidae family, order Anguilliformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932 (Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932)
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Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932

Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932

Gymnothorax cribroris is a species of moray eel found in coral reefs of the western Pacific and northern Australia, named in 1932.

Family
Genus
Gymnothorax
Order
Anguilliformes
Class

About Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932

Gymnothorax cribroris, commonly known by multiple common names including the sieve-patterned moray eel, sieve moray, brown-flecked reef eel, brown-flecked moray, and Australian moray, is a species of moray eel. This species occurs in coral reef habitats of the western Pacific Ocean and northern Australia. It was first formally described and named by Whitley in 1932.

Photo: (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ian Shaw

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Anguilliformes Muraenidae Gymnothorax

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