Gymnothorax berndti

Y-patterned moray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. berndti
Binomial name
Gymnothorax berndti
Snyder, 1904

The y-patterned moray, y-patterned moray eel, or Berndt's moray (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m.[1][2] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.[2]

Gymnothorax berndti can grow to 100 cm (39 in) total length.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax berndti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195711A2406424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195711A2406424.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Gymnothorax berndti" in FishBase. August 2022 version.


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