WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley, 1932)
271864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271864)
accepted
Species
Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932) Whitley, G. P. (1932). Studies in ichthyology. No. 6. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 18 (no. 6): 321-348, Pls. 36-39. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271864 on 2026-08-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932) Whitley, G. P. (1932). Studies in ichthyology. No. 6. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 18 (no. 6): 321-348, Pls. 36-39. [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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax obesus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax obesus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius obesus Whitley, 1932)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
