First record of the moray eel Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 in the Mediterranean Sea, with a note on its taxonomy and distribution.
The first Red-Sea Indo-Pacific alien moray eel in the Eastern Mediterranean is reported here. A single specimen ot Gymnothorax reticularis was captured by a commercial bottom-trawl vessel off the northern coast of Israel. Morphological and anatomical similarities with the single known Red-Sea specimen raise an old taxonomic dilemma.
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D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003817:Dentition; D004524:Eels / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D007557:Israel; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology