WoRMS taxon details

Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797)

217476  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217476)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gymnothorax zebra Shaw, 1797) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): 4 unnum. pp., Pl. 322 [details]   
Description A secretive inhabitant of sandy and rocky bottoms and crevices and ledges of seaward reefs from the surge zone to depths of...  
Description A secretive inhabitant of sandy and rocky bottoms and crevices and ledges of seaward reefs from the surge zone to depths of at least 39 m. It feeds primarily on xanthid crabs but also takes other crustaceans, mollusks and sea urchins. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217476 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Muraena molendinaris Bennett, 1833) Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species from the Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833 (pt 1): 32. [details]   

original description  (of Gymnothorax zebra Shaw, 1797) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): 4 unnum. pp., Pl. 322 [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description A secretive inhabitant of sandy and rocky bottoms and crevices and ledges of seaward reefs from the surge zone to depths of at least 39 m. It feeds primarily on xanthid crabs but also takes other crustaceans, mollusks and sea urchins. [details]
LanguageName 
English zebra moray  [details]
Japanese ゼブラウツボ  [details]
Spanish morena cebra  [details]