Brown speckled eel
The brown speckled eel or Steindachner's moray eel,[1] Gymnothorax steindachneri, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, around Hawaii.[2] It was first named by Jordan and Evermann in 1903.[2] It is rarely seen in the wild due to its aggressive nature. It will lie waiting for a passing animal, and then ambush it.
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| Species: | G. steindachneri |
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| Gymnothorax steindachneri D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | |
References
- Common names for Gymnothorax steindachneri at www.fishbase.org.
- Gymnothorax steindachneri at www.fishbase.org.
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