
A new species of moray eel from deep water in the Gulf of California is described. It is dark brownish-black with an overall pattern of pale irregular blotches; a short, broad head; wide, triangular jaws; deeply serrate and partially biserial teeth; dorsal-fin origin above and behind gill opening; and 10 predorsal, 66 preanal, and 134 total vertebrae. This combination of characters is not shared by any other moray species.
Se describe una nueva especie de anguila morena de profundidad del Golfo de California, cuya combinación de color, dentadura y vertebras es distintiva de cualquier otra especie de morena.
Eels, Pacific Ocean, New species, Gymnothorax, Gulf of California, Pisces, Animals, Muraenidae, Mexico
Eels, Pacific Ocean, New species, Gymnothorax, Gulf of California, Pisces, Animals, Muraenidae, Mexico
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