Gymnothorax castaneus est magna anguilla familiae Muraenidarum, in Oceano Pacifico endemicus.[1]


Classis : Actinopterygii 
Ordo : Anguilliformes 
Familia : Muraenidae 
Genus : Gymnothorax 
Species : G. castaneus 
Gymnothorax castaneus 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)  
Gymnothorax castaneus et Elacatinus inomatus

Aquas marinas a Sinu Californiae ad Galapagos Insulas et Aequatoriam habitat,[2] in scopulis curalii inter 3m et 36m altis.[2] Ad circa 1.5 m longus crescit.[2] Colore est brunneus vel olivaceus.[3]

  1. John E. McCosker et Richard H. Rosenblatt, "The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species," Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 40 (1975), no. 13.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gymnothorax castaneus". Ranier Froese, Daniel Pauly, edd., FishBase (7 2009).
  3. Gerald R. Allen et David Ross Robertson, Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994).

Bibliographia

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  • Allen, Gerald R., et David Ross Robertson. 1994. Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • McCosker, John E., et Richard H. Rosenblatt. 1975. "The Moray Eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with New Records and Synonymies of Extralimital Species." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 40(13).
 
Anguilliformes

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