-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

-Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

-Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

-Tarpons, Eels, and Allies (Superorder Elopomorpha)

-True Eels (Order Anguilliformes)

-Morays (Family Muraenidae)

-Typical Morays (Subfamily Muraeninae)

-Genus Muraena

-Jewel Moray (Muraena lentiginosa)

Light brown mottled body, with dark-edged yellow spots over head and body. Shelters in rocky crevices during the day coming out at night to hunt for food. The Jewel moray is a ornate moray eel found in the gulf of California, and eastern pacific through Central America.