Gymnothorax reticularis

Gymnothorax reticularis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. reticularis
Binomial name
Gymnothorax reticularis
Bloch, 1795

Gymnothorax reticularis is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. A single specimen was reported in 2013 in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel. It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795, and is commonly known as the dusky-banded moray, reticulated moray, net moray, or the spotted moray.

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