Animal Diversity Web

Gymnothorax pictus

Moray eel

(Also: Painted reef eel; Peppered moray)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Anguilliformes (eels)
        
        Family Muraenidae (Moray eels)
        
        Genus Gymnothorax
        
        Species Gymnothorax pictus (Moray eel)