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Gymnothorax sagmacephalus

Fifty Three Point Four Centimeters Ray

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Gymnothorax sagmacephalus is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean, around Japan. It was first named by Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1997, and can reach a maximum length of about 53 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 53.4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: known from Japan and Taiwan.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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