The lesser moray (Gymnothorax minor) is a moray eel found in the western Pacific Ocean.[2] It was first named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846,[2] and is also known as the reticulated moray eel.[3]

Lesser moray eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. minor
Binomial name
Gymnothorax minor
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

References edit

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195757A2413678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195757A2413678.en. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gymnothorax minor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Gymnothorax minor at www.fishbase.org.