Gymnothorax phalarus

Gymnothorax phalarus is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Baja California, and along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru.^[1] It was first named by Bussing in 1998,^[2] and can reach a maximum length of 93 cm.^[2]

Gymnothorax phalarus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. phalarus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax phalarus W. A. Bussing, 1998