Gymnothorax pikei, or Pike's moray,[2] is a rare moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.[3] It was first named by Bliss in 1883.[3] The species is represented by only two specimens – the type specimen discovered in 1883, and a second found in 1962.[4] It is very similar to two other species, Gymnothorax berndti and Gymnothorax ypsilon, and is distinguished from the latter by fewer black lines and the presence of horizontal black lines towards the tail, and differs from both species in the absence of a white margin along the anal fin.[5]
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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. pikei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnothorax pikei Bliss, 1883
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References
edit- ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax pikei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195776A2416468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195776A2416468.en. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Gymnothorax pikei, Fishbase.org
- ^ a b Gymnothorax pikei, Fishbase.org
- ^ PATRICIA J. KAILOLA (1975). "The Rare Moray Eel Gymnothorax pikei Bliss Recorded from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Science. 29 (2): 165–170. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
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