Walvis Ridge Moray

Gymnothorax walvisensis

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Gymnothorax walvisensis is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels). It was described by Artem Mikhailovich Prokofiev in 2009. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Walvis Ridge, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived).

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 41.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Walvis Ridge. High Seas only.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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