Banded mud moray eel

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Smith, D.G. |date=2019 |title=Gymnothorax chlamydatus |volume=2019 |page=e.T195717A2407192 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195717A2407192.en |access-date=9 January 2022 }}

| taxon = Gymnothorax chlamydatus

| authority = Snyder, 1908

| image = 2019 Gymnothorax chlamydatus - by 2eight - ZSC8416.jpg

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The banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean (Taiwan and Indonesia).[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=10139 Gymnothorax chlamydatus] at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by Snyder in 1908, because of dark bands along its body.[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=10139&GenusName=Gymnothorax&SpeciesName=chlamydatus&StockCode=10462 Common names for Gymnothorax chlamydatus] at www.fishbase.org.