WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795
271813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271813)
accepted
Species
Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted
Muraena afra (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Muraena tristis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraenophis afra Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271813 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muraena tristis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Muraena afra (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis afra Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax afer)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tristis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis afra Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena afra (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Muraena afra (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis afra Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax afer)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tristis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795))
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis afra Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena afra (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
