''Muraena appendiculata'' 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 southeast

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

around

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

.''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 Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (31 July 1809 in Paris – 17 February 1876 in Cluny) was a French zoology, zoologist who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' (P ...

in 1848, originally under the genus '' Muraenophis''.

References

appendiculata Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot Fish described in 1848 Fish of the Pacific Ocean Endemic fauna of Chile {{muraenidae-stub