WoRMS taxon details
Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1859)
271901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271901)
accepted
Species
Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Limmamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1860 · unaccepted
Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933 · unaccepted
Muraenophis melanotis (Kaup, 1859) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271901 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933) Pfaff, J. R. (1933). Report on the fishes collected by Mr. Harry Madsen during Professor O. Olufsen's Expedition to French Sudan in the years 1927-28. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn.</em> 94: 273-315, Pl. 6. [details]
original description (of Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859) Kaup, J. J. (1859). Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet . <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, 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 (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
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]
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 Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena melanotis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis melanotis (Kaup, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena melanotis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis melanotis (Kaup, 1859))
To FishBase (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Muraena albomarginata Pfaff, 1933)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Limamuraena melanotis Kaup, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
