Gymnothorax buroensis
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Gymnothorax buroensis is a moray eel
found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian ocean
s. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker
in 1857, and is commonly known as the Vagrant moray, Lattice-tail moray, Buru moray eel, or the Buro moray.
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 Pacific and Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
s. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
in 1857, and is commonly known as the Vagrant moray, Lattice-tail moray, Buru moray eel, or the Buro moray.