''Muraena appendiculata'' is a

moray eel Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are ...

found in the southeast

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

around

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

.''Muraena appendiculata''
at www.fishbase.org.Page 63, ''Estudios oceanológicos'', Volumes 3-8 Authors Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Oceanología, Universidad de Antofagasta. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Antofagasta. Facultad de Recursos del Mar. It was described by Alphone Guichenot in 1848, originally under the genus '' Muraenophis''.

References

appendiculata Fish described in 1848 Fish of the Pacific Ocean Endemic fauna of Chile {{muraenidae-stub