''Muraena melanotis'' is a
moray eel
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are f ...
found in the eastern and western
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
.
[''Muraena melanotis'']
at www.fishbase.org. It is commonly known as the honeycomb moray.
Common names for ''Muraena melanotis''
at www.fishbase.org. It grows to am maximum length of about 1 metre.[
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Distribution
In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, this fish occurs along the coast of Africa from Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
to Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
, including Cape Verde
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and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero degrees latitude and longitude) is in the ...
. In the western Atlantic, this fish occurs in the Caribbean.[
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References
melanotis
''Melanotis'' is a genus of bird in the family Mimidae.
It contains the following species:
* Blue mockingbird (''Melanotis caerulescens'')
* Blue-and-white mockingbird (''Melanotis hypoleucus'')
Etymology
The word ''Melanotis'' is derived fro ...
Fish described in 1860
Fish of West Africa
Fish of the Dominican Republic
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