The sieve-patterned moray eel (''Gymnothorax cribroris'') is a
moray eel found in
coral reefs
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in the western
Pacific Ocean and northern
Australia
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. It was first named by Whitley in 1932 and is also commonly known as the sieve moray, brown-flecked reef eel, brown-flecked moray or the Australian moray.
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Fishes of Australia : ''Gymnothorax cribroris''
sieve-patterned moray eel
Marine fish of Northern Australia
sieve-patterned moray eel
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