WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895
271874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271874)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax leucostigmus Jordan & Richardson, 1909 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax mieroszewskii (Steindachner, 1896) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gymnothorax wooliensis (Whitley, 1968) · unaccepted
Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968 · unaccepted
Muraena mieroszewskii Steindachner, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ogilby, J. D. (1895). Description of a new Australian eel. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 9 (pt 4) : 720-721. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271874 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Ogilby, J. D. (1895). Description of a new Australian eel. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 9 (pt 4) : 720-721. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Richardson, R. E. (1909). A catalog of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 4): 159-204, Pls. 63-74. [details]
original description (of Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968) Whitley, G. P. (1968). Some fishes from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> v. for 1966-67: 32-40, Pls. 8-9. [details]
original description (of Muraena mieroszewskii Steindachner, 1896) Steindachner, F. (1896). Bericht über die während der Reise Sr. Maj. Schiff "Aurora" von Dr. C. Ritter v. Microszewski in den Jahren 1895 und 1896, gesammelten Fische. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> v. 11: 197-230, Pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Richardson, R. E. (1909). A catalog of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 4): 159-204, Pls. 63-74. [details]
original description (of Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968) Whitley, G. P. (1968). Some fishes from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> v. for 1966-67: 32-40, Pls. 8-9. [details]
original description (of Muraena mieroszewskii Steindachner, 1896) Steindachner, F. (1896). Bericht über die während der Reise Sr. Maj. Schiff "Aurora" von Dr. C. Ritter v. Microszewski in den Jahren 1895 und 1896, gesammelten Fische. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> v. 11: 197-230, Pl. 4. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ユリウツボ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax leucostigma) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax prionodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigmus Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax wooliensis (Whitley, 1968))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax leucostigmus, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigmus Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax leucostigma) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax prionodon)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigmus Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax wooliensis (Whitley, 1968))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis wooliensis Whitley, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax leucostigmus, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigmus Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
