Anarchias Similis
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''Anarchias similis'' is a
moray eel Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family (biology), family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively Marine (ocean), marine, but several species are regu ...
found in
coral reefs A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. ...
in the
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
.''Anarchias similis''
at www.fishbase.org.
It was first named by Lea in 1913, and is commonly known as the pygmy moray,Common names for ''Anarchias similis''
at www.fishbase.org.
but is not to be confused with the Pacific species of the same name, ''
Gymnothorax robinsi The pygmy moray or Robin's moray


References

similis Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Dominican Republic Fish of the Caribbean Marine fish of Nicaragua Fish described in 1913 {{muraenidae-stub