WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830)
AphiaID: 217495
AphiaID: 217495
| 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 flavomarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling) Gymnothorax mauritianus (Kaup, 1856) Gymnothorax viridipinnis Bliss, 1883 Gymnothorax viridipinnnis Bliss, 1883 Lycodontis flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) Lycodontis flavomarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling) Lycodontis lemayi Smith, 1949 Muraena flavimarginata Rüppell, 1830 Muraena mauritiana Kaup, 1856 Muraena viridipinna Seale, 1917 Muraena viridipinnna Seale, 1917 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [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] from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Gymnothorax flavimarginatus annasona Whitley, 1937 accepted as Gymnothorax annasona Whitley, 1937 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (145 nucleotides; 140 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs in coral or rocky areas of reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217495 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830). 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=217495 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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