Diagnostic Description
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Description: Characterized by yellowish with 25-35 irregular brown bars on body; bars extending onto dorsal and anal fins; body depth at gill opening 17-26 in TL; relatively low dorsal fin, origin above or anterior to gill opening; anus anterior to middle of body; preanal length 2.1-2.4 in TL; single row of teeth on side of upper jaw ( inner row of 1-3 larger teeth in younger individuals); basal half of teeth is finely serrate (Ref. 90102).
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- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Trophic Strategy
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Found in mud bottoms adjacent to coastal reefs and mangrove estuaries in 0-264 m (Ref 90102).
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- Christine Marie V. Casal
Biology
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Found in mud bottoms adjacent to coastal reefs and mangrove estuaries in 0-264 m (Ref 90102).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus: Brief Summary
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Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1863, and is commonly known as the bars'n spots moray.
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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