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Halimuraena
Halimuraena is a genus of ray-finned fishes, classified under the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as the Mascarene Islands, and north to Kenya, although the centre of the genus's distribution appears to be around Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Halimuraena hexagonata
speciesHalimuraena hexagonata
Halimuraena lepopareia
speciesHalimuraena lepopareia
Zulu Snakelet
speciesHalimuraena shakai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88708.