Gymnothorax punctatus

Gymnothorax punctatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Red Sea.^[2] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801,^[2] and is commonly known as the Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.^[3]

Gymnothorax punctatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax
Species:	G. punctatus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801