Gymnothorax rueppelliae

The banded moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae), also known as the banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel or yellow-headed moray,[1] is a moray eel found in coral reefs in Red Sea, East Africa to Hawaii, Tuamotu, Marquesas Islands, north of Ryukyu Islands and south of the Great Barrier Reef.[2] It is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with a 16-21 dark bars on the body and fins that become indistinct with growth, top of the head yellow and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth.[3]

Gymnothorax rueppelliae
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Muraenidae
Genus:
Gymnothorax
Species:
G. rueppelliae
Binomial name
Gymnothorax rueppelliae
(McClelland, 1844)
Synonyms

Gymnothorax rueppellii McClelland, 1844

References
  1. Common names for Gymnothorax rueppellii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gymnothorax rueppelliae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. Bray, D.J. (2011):Gymnothorax rueppelliae Fishes of Australia.


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