Gymnothorax microstictus
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Gymnothorax microstictus is a moray eel
found in the western Central Pacific
ocean, around Papua New Guinea
. It was first named by Böhlke in 2000, and is commonly known as the Smallspot moray.
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
found in the western Central Pacific
Central Pacific
Central Pacific can refer to:* The Central Pacific Railroad, the western part of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States* The Central Pacific Area, a subdivision of the Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II...
ocean, around Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It was first named by Böhlke in 2000, and is commonly known as the Smallspot moray.