Description

Vertebrae: 166 - 170. Pale yellow, lighter ventrally (Ref. 3257). Dorsal margin light blue (Ref. 3257).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Genus: Gymnothorax

Species: Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith, 1962)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in sand or rubble bottoms. Also in Shallow water, often in tidepools (Ref 90102). Nocturnal, feeds on small reef organisms (Ref. 68964).

Habitat

demersal