Gymnothorax vicinus
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Gymnothorax vicinus is a moray eel
found in the Atlantic ocean
. It was first named by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855, and is commonly known as the Purplemouth moray.
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
found in the Atlantic ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. It was first named by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855, and is commonly known as the Purplemouth moray.