| Panamic green moray eel | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. castaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax castaneus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) | |
The panamic green moray eel (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific. Common names also include chestnut moray eel.
The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. It grows to about 1.5 m in length, and is brown to brownish green. It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep.
References
- Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T183477A8120143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183477A8120143.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: |volume= / |doi= mismatch, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
- McCosker, John E. Rosenblatt, Richard H. (1975) The moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and synonymies of extralimital species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. v.40 no.13.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnothorax castaneus". FishBase. July 2009 version.
- Gerald R. Allen, David Ross Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific, University of Hawaii Press
External links
- Photos of Panamic green moray eel on Sealife Collection
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| Gymnothorax castaneus | |
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