Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) is a animal in the Muraenidae family, order Anguilliformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)
Gymnothorax vicinus, the purplemouth moray eel, is an Atlantic moray eel first named in 1855 by Castelnau.
The purplemouth moray eel, scientifically named Gymnothorax vicinus, is a species of moray eel that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. This species was first formally described and named by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855.
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Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860)
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829)
Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832)
Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848)
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795)
Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856)
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