Dark moray

Gymnothorax afer

Ray between Fresh and Salt Water

Tropical
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The dark moray eel (Gymnothorax afer) is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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