WoRMS taxon details
Muraena argus (Steindachner, 1870)
271896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271896)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 61 (1. Abth.): 623-642, Pls. 1-5. [Also as separate, pp. 1-20, Pls. 1-5.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Muraena argus (Steindachner, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271896 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870) Steindachner, F. (1870). Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 61 (1. Abth.): 623-642, Pls. 1-5. [Also as separate, pp. 1-20, Pls. 1-5.]. [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
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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 Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena argus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena argus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Gymnothorax argus Steindachner, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
