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Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1864 
AphiaID: 217505

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 margaritophorus (Bleeker, 1864)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English blotched-neck moray  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs at reef flats and outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m. Unlikely to be encountered without the use of ichthyocide (Ref. 1602). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217505
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1864. 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=217505 on 2013-05-24
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