WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848)
271872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271872)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax chilensis (Günther, 1872) · unaccepted
Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gymnothorax obscurirostris Rendahl, 1921 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883 · unaccepted
Muraena chilensis Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Muraena porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848) · unaccepted
Muraenophys porphyreus Guichenot, 1848 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
(of Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
(of Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271872 on 2025-12-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883) Sauvage, H.-E. (1883). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 7: 156-161. [Also as a separate, pp. 13-18]. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
original description (of Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883) Sauvage, H.-E. (1883). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 7: 156-161. [Also as a separate, pp. 13-18]. [details]
original description (of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
original description (of Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [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 (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muraena chilensis Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gymnothorax porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax obscurirostris Rendahl, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax chilensis (Günther, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraena porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax porphyreus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax chilensis (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax obscurirostris Rendahl, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena chilensis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophys porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax porphyreus FIN031308 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax porphyreus FIN031309 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax wieneri P11808 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muraena chilensis Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gymnothorax porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax obscurirostris Rendahl, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax chilensis (Günther, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Muraena porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax porphyreus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax chilensis (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax obscurirostris Rendahl, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena chilensis Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophys porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax porphyrea (Guichenot, 1848))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Murenophis porphyreus Guichenot, 1848)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax porphyreus FIN031308 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax porphyreus FIN031309 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax wieneri P11808 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, 1883)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
