Gymnothorax polyuranodon
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Gymnothorax polyuranodon is a moray eel
found in the Pacific and Indian ocean
s, as well as in regions of freshwater
. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker
in 1853, and is commonly known as the Freshwater moray, Manytoothed moray, or the Spotted freshwater moray eel. It is somewhat commercial in fisheries.
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 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, as well as in regions of freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
. 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 1853, and is commonly known as the Freshwater moray, Manytoothed moray, or the Spotted freshwater moray eel. It is somewhat commercial in fisheries.