Gymnothorax emmae

Gymnothorax emmae is a moray eel found in tropical ocean waters off Vietnam.[2] It is found in coral reefs at a depth range of 14m-100m in the South China Sea. The maximum length of this species 43.0 cm.[1]

Gymnothorax emmae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. emmae
Binomial name
Gymnothorax emmae
Prokofiev, 2010[1]

Eggs of this species are large (1 mm in diameter) and pallid yellowish.[1]

References

  1. "Fishbase.us". Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. Research.calacademy.org
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2010). Two new species of fishes from families Muraenidae (Anguilliformes) and Mugiloididae (Perciformes) from the Waters of Vietnam published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 580–589, 603–612.
  • Gymnothorax emmae in Aquatab.net


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