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| 132087 | Smith, D.G., S.V. Bogorodsky, J. Dandar and U. Zajonz, 2024. A new species of short unpatterned moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, including the Socotra Archipelago, with a redescription of Gymnothorax pseudoherrei Böhlke. Zootaxa 5477(4):465-474. | 2024 | Gymnothorax arabicus | 468;fig.2-3;tab.1 |