WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803)
AphiaID: 217508
AphiaID: 217508
| 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 undulates (Lacepède, 1803) (misspelling) Lycodontis undulata (Lacepède, 1803) Lycodontis undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) Muraena cancellata Richardson, 1848 Muraenophis undulata Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 139 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A common species on reef flats among rocks, rubble, or debris and also occurs on lagoons and seaward reefs to depths of 26 m or more. Reported to be an aggressive species prone to bite. It is an nocturnal species and feeds on fishes, octopuses, and probably crustaceans. Cavernicolous (Ref. 8593). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217508 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803). 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=217508 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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