WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)
AphiaID: 217502
AphiaID: 217502
| 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 javonica (Bleeker, 1859) (misspelling) Lycodontis javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) Muraena javanica Bleeker, 1859 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: It occurs on both lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 46 m. It feeds primarily on fishes and occasionally on crustaceans. This is the largest moray eel, perhaps reaching 3 m in length. Because of its position at the top of the reef's food chain it is often ciguatoxic. Attack humans when provoked (Ref. 3132). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217502 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859). 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=217502 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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