Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae is a fish in the family Muraenidae.[1]
| 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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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. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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