Speckled moray eel

The speckled moray eel (Gymnothorax dovii) is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, around the Galapagos Islands and along the Central American coast from Costa Rica to Colombia. It is also found in the Gulf of California. It reaches a length of about 170 cm.

Speckled moray eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. dovii
Binomial name
Gymnothorax dovii (Günther, 1870)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) of the Panama Railroad Company, was a ship captain and an amateur naturalist, who presented the type specimen to the British Museum.^[2]