Gymnothorax steindachneri
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Gymnothorax steindachneri is a moray eel
found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean, around Hawaii
. It was first named by Jordan
and Evermann in 1903, and is commonly known as the Steindachner's moray eel, or the Brown speckled 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 coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean, around Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. It was first named by Jordan
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
and Evermann in 1903, and is commonly known as the Steindachner's moray eel, or the Brown speckled eel.