WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789)
217491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217491)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Muraena picta Ahl, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789) · unaccepted
Siderea pictus (Ahl, 1789) · unaccepted
Sideria picta (Ahl, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena picta Ahl, 1789) Ahl, J. N. (1789). Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. <em>Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala].</em> 1-14, 2 pls. [Also published in 1801 as Dissertationes Academicae Upsalae, pp. 1-12, 2 pls. Ahl was the author; Thunberg was his supervising professor. Kottelat 2013:45 disagrees, assuming that Thunberg wrote the description.].
page(s): 8, Pl. 2 (right fig.) [details]
page(s): 8, Pl. 2 (right fig.) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217491 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena picta Ahl, 1789) Ahl, J. N. (1789). Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. <em>Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala].</em> 1-14, 2 pls. [Also published in 1801 as Dissertationes Academicae Upsalae, pp. 1-12, 2 pls. Ahl was the author; Thunberg was his supervising professor. Kottelat 2013:45 disagrees, assuming that Thunberg wrote the description.].
page(s): 8, Pl. 2 (right fig.) [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]
page(s): 8, Pl. 2 (right fig.) [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Peppered Moray Eel) (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax pictus)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea pictus (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Sideria picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax pictus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax pictus P11787 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax pictus P11787 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Peppered Moray Eel) (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax pictus)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea pictus (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Sideria picta (Ahl, 1789))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax pictus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Muraena picta Ahl, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax pictus P11787 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax pictus P11787 illustration)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
