WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax johnsoni (Smith, 1962)
217498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217498)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss, 1883 · unaccepted
Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962) Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax johnsoni (Smith, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217498 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962) Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63.
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63.
page(s): 57 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whitespotted moray | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax johnsoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax johnsoni, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax johnsoni FIN031255 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax johnsoni FIN031256 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax johnsoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax johnsoni, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis johnsoni Smith, 1962)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax johnsoni FIN031255 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax johnsoni FIN031256 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
