Purplemouth moray eel

Purplemouth moray eel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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;

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]

References

^ Smith, D.G; McCosker, J. (2015). "Gymnothorax vicinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195805A2420286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195805A2420286.en. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Larva of the purplemouth moray, Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855), Issue 14 of Leaflet series. By Bonnie Eldred, Florida. Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Dept. of Natural Resources, 1970.