Gymnothorax emmae explained

Gymnothorax emmae is a moray eel found in tropical ocean waters off Vietnam.^[1] It is found in coral reefs at a depth range of 14m-100m in the South China Sea. The maximum length of this species 43.0 cm.

Eggs of this species are large (1 mm in diameter), and pallid yellowish.

References

• Prokofiev, A.M. (2010). Two new species of fishes from families Muraenidae (Anguilliformes) and Mugiloididae (Perciformes) from the Waters of Vietnam published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 580–589, 603–612.
• Gymnothorax emmae in Aquatab.net

Notes and References

1. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=species&genus=Gymnothorax Research.calacademy.org