The Australian mottled moray (in Australia), and mottled moray (in New Zealand), Gymnothorax prionodon, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found at depths down to 80 m. Their length is between 80 and 150 cm.
| Australian mottled moray | |
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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. prionodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax prionodon J. D. Ogilby, 1895
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References
edit- "Gymnothorax prionodon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnothorax prionodon". FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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