Gymnothorax walvisensis

Gymnothorax walvisensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. walvisensis
Binomial name
	Gymnothorax walvisensis; Prokofiev, 2009

Gymnothorax walvisensis is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels).[1] It was described by Artem Mikhailovich Prokofiev in 2009.[2] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Walvis Ridge, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived). Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 41.3 cm.[1]

References

Gymnothorax walvisensis at www.fishbase.org.
Prokofiev, A. M., and E. I. Kukuev, 2009 [ref. 30172] New findings of rare fish species from the families Mitsukurinidae (Chondrichthyes), Muraenidae, Lophiidae, Macrouridae, and Psychrolutidae (Teleostei) on rises of the Atlantic Ocean with the description of Gymnothorax walvisensis sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology v. 49 (no. 3): 215-227.

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[Fishbase-1] Gymnothorax walvisensis at www.fishbase.org.

[Prokofiev,_2009-2] Prokofiev, A. M., and E. I. Kukuev, 2009 [ref. 30172] New findings of rare fish species from the families Mitsukurinidae (Chondrichthyes), Muraenidae, Lophiidae, Macrouridae, and Psychrolutidae (Teleostei) on rises of the Atlantic Ocean with the description of Gymnothorax walvisensis sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology v. 49 (no. 3): 215-227.