Gymnothorax punctatus, a species of moray eel, inhabits coral reefs within the 🌊 Red Sea. The species was first described by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801. It is commonly referred to as the 🌊 Red Sea whitespotted moray or the whitespotted moray.
The genus. Gymnothorax Bloch 1795 - gymnós (bare or naked) + thṓrax (breast or chest). ETYFish
Why it's threatened
Threats to this species are unknown.
Threat classification from the IUCN Red List.
