Purplemouth moray eel

The purplemouth moray eel^[2] Gymnothorax vicinus, is a moray eel found in the Atlantic Ocean. It was first named by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855.^[2]

Purplemouth 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. vicinus
Binomial name
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
Leptocephalus forsstromi