The yellow moray (''Gymnothorax prasinus'') 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 ...

of the genus ''

Gymnothorax ''Gymnothorax'' is a genus of fish in the family Muraenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels. Smith (2012) noted that ''Gymnothorax'' as currently recognized is pol ...

'', found in southern

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and between North Cape and the

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on the

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of New Zealand.

References

* * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)

yellow moray The yellow moray (''Gymnothorax prasinus'') is a moray eel of the genus '' Gymnothorax'', found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui ...

Marine fish of Southern Australia Fish of the North Island

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