Publications

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.