Shao's moray

Shao's moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: G. shaoi
Binomial name
Gymnothorax shaoi
Chen & Loh, 2007

The Shao's moray (Gymnothorax shaoi) is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels).[1][2] It is a marine, temperate-water eel known from Taiwan, in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 60.8 cm.[1]

The species epithet and common name were provided by the authors in honour of Kwang-Tsao Shao, whom they credited for supportive contributions both to the fish database in Taiwan and to their own eel-related studies.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gymnothorax shaoi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Chen, H.-M. and K.-H. Loh, 2007. Gymnothorax shaoi, a new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from southeastern Taiwan. J. Mar. Sci. Tech. 15(2):76-81.
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