Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

White-Margined Moray Eel
Gymnothorax albimarginatus
White-Margined Moray Eel
Category: Moray Eels
Scientific Name: Gymnothorax albimarginatus
Size: Up to 3 ft. (90 cm)  
Depth: 15-80 ft. (5-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Anguilliformes (Order) Eels
     └Muraenidae (Family) Moray Eels
      └Muraeninae (Subfamily)
       └Gymnothorax (Genus)
        └G. albimarginatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 271814🔗
iNaturalist ID: 123524🔗

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