Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae
| Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Gymnothorax |
| Species: | G. elaineheemstrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae Sithole, Smith, Mwale & Gouws, 2020
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Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae is a fish in the family Muraenidae.[1]
The eel is named in honor of Elaine Heemstra of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Sithole, Yonela; Smith, David G.; Mwale, Monica; Gouws, Gavin (2020-04-23). "A taxonomic revision of Gymnothorax undulatus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4767 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.7.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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