Gymnothorax minor
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Gymnothorax minor is a moray eel
found in the western Pacific ocean. It was first named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
and Hermann Schlegel
in 1846, and is commonly known as the Lesser moray or the Reticulated moray-eel.
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 Pacific ocean. It was first named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
and Hermann Schlegel
Hermann Schlegel
Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
in 1846, and is commonly known as the Lesser moray or the Reticulated moray-eel.