WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax griseus (Lacepède, 1803)
271838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271838)
accepted
Species
Muraena bilineata Rüppell, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Muraena geometrica Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Siderea schonlandi Smith, 1949 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 629, 642, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [details]
page(s): 629, 642, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax griseus (Lacepède, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271838 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Siderea schonlandi Smith, 1949) Smith, J. L. B. (1949). Forty-two fishes new to South Africa, with notes on others. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 2 (no. 14) (art. 13): 97-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934908653970 [details]
original description (of Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 629, 642, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Muraena geometrica Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Muraena bilineata Rüppell, 1838) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
original description (of Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 629, 642, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Muraena geometrica Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Muraena bilineata Rüppell, 1838) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [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). (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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | grey moray [from synonym]geometric moray [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Gray Eel) (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax griseus)
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Muraena geometrica Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea schonlandi Smith, 1949)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax griseus FIN031249 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax griseus FIN031249B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Gray Eel) (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax griseus)
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Muraena geometrica Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Siderea schonlandi Smith, 1949)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenophis grisea Lacepède, 1803)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax griseus FIN031249 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax griseus FIN031249B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
