WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax monochrous (Bleeker, 1856)
217486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217486)
accepted
Species
Lycodontis monochrous (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted
Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 10: 357-386. [details]
Description Inhabits relatively turbid areas of sheltered lagoon reefs.
Description Inhabits relatively turbid areas of sheltered lagoon reefs. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax monochrous (Bleeker, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217486 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 10: 357-386. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (HKRMS)
Shin, Paul Kam-shing. (1980). A quantitative and qualitative survey of the benthic fauna of the territorial waters of Hong Kong. <em>[Thesis].</em> Master of Philosophy Thesis, University of Hong Kong. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits relatively turbid areas of sheltered lagoon reefs. [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax monochrous)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis monochrous (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax monochrous, Palau, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monochrous FIN031284 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax monochrous)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis monochrous (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax monochrous, Palau, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Muraena monochrous Bleeker, 1856)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monochrous FIN031284 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
