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Southern moray eel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. austrinus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax austrinus E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001

The southern moray (Gymnothorax austrinus) is a moray eel found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Victoria, Australia. It was first named by Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and John E. McCosker in 2001. It lives in moderate-temperature, marine habitat; it is a demersal fish. The maximum length discovered was a female at 88.2 cm long.

References

1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax austrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195707A2406060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195707A2406060.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Fishbase, Fishbase. "Southern moray". Retrieved 12 April 2011.
3. http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/species/southern_moray/kq/hr/ww/
4. Victoria, Museum. Southern moray eel. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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