The saddled moray eel (''Gymnothorax conspersus'') 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 the western

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 ...

.''Gymnothorax conspersus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by

Felipe Poey Felipe Poey (May 26, 1799 – January 28, 1891) was a Cuban zoologist. Biography Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years (1804 to 1807) of his life in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau then studied ...

in 1867.Common names for ''Gymnothorax conspersus''
at www.fishbase.org.

References

saddled moray Fauna of the Southeastern United States Fish of the Western Atlantic saddled moray {{muraenidae-stub