WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867)
AphiaID: 217488
AphiaID: 217488
| 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 |
Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917 Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904 Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867) Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Africa [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found in seaward reefs in the Red Sea at 4 m or more. Usually found in more than 30 m elsewhere. It's mucus is toxic. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Synonymy: G. xanthostomus is a synonym Randall <307>, [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217488 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867). 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=217488 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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