Gymnothorax saxicola
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- Not to be confused with the Caribbean ocellated moray, Gymnothorax ocellatusGymnothorax ocellatusCaribbean ocellated moray, Gymnothorax ocellatus, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It was first named by Louis Agassiz in 1831, and is commonly known as the Caribbean ocellated moray, Blackedge moray, Conger, Ocellated moray, Spotted moray, Sawtooth moray,...
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The ocellated moray, Gymnothorax saxicola, is a species of 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...
from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 60cm in length.