Gymnothorax niphostigmus

Gymnothorax niphostigmus, the snowflake-patched moray,^[2] is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Taiwan.^[3] It was first named by Chen, Shao, and Chen in 1996.^[3]

Gymnothorax niphostigmus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. niphostigmus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax niphostigmus H. M. Chen, K. T. Shao & C. T. Chen, 1996