Snowflake-patched moray

Gymnothorax niphostigmus

Ray beneath Northwest Pacific

Marine fish

Gymnothorax niphostigmus, the snowflake-patched moray, is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Taiwan. It was first named by Chen, Shao, and Chen in 1996.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Water: Marine
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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