Green moray

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Green moray
GreenMorayEel.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. funebris
Binomial name
Gymnothorax funebris
Ranzani, 1840

The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 metres (130 ft). Its length is up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft).

The common name "green moray" is also sometimes used to refer to the yellow moray, G. prasinus.

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