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Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 
AphiaID: 158583

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Muraeninae (Subfamily) > Gymnothorax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Synonymised
taxa
  Lycodontis funebris (Ranzani, 1839)
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English green moray  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds mainly at night on fish and crustaceans  [details]

Distribution: New Jersey to Brazil [details]

Habitat: Occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Importance: Social - Commercial [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158583
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158583 on 2013-06-18
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