Halimuraena

Halimuraena is a genus of ray-finned fishes, classified under the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as the Mascarene Islands,^[3] and north to Kenya, although the centre of the genus's distribution appears to be around Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel.^[3]

Halimuraena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pseudochromidae
Subfamily:	Congrogadinae
Genus:	Halimuraena J.L.B. Smith, 1952[1]
Type species
Halimuraena hexagonata J.L.B. Smith, 1952[2]

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halimuraena:^[4]

• Halimuraena hexagonata J.L.B. Smith, 1952
• Halimuraena lepopareia Winterbottom, 1980
• Halimuraena shakai Winterbottom, 1978 (Zulu snakelet)