Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae explained

Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae is a fish in the family Muraenidae.[1]

The eel is named in honor of Elaine Heemstra of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.7.
  2. Web site: Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE . 31 January 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 18 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211118204736/https://etyfish.org/anguilliformes1/ . dead .

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