Description

Large, blunt snout, head dusky, prominent white margins on fins (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Genus: Gymnothorax

Species: Gymnothorax maderensis (Johnson, 1862)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs on shelf, rocks and deep coral zones (Ref. 3256).

Habitat

demersal