WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax shaoi Chen & Loh, 2007
398344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398344)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Chen, H.-M.; Loh, K.-H. (2007). <i>Gymnothorax shaoi</i>, a new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from southeastern Taiwan. <em>J. Mar. Sci. Tech.</em> 15(2): 76-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.51400/2709-6998.2035 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax shaoi Chen & Loh, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398344 on 2026-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Chen, H.-M.; Loh, K.-H. (2007). <i>Gymnothorax shaoi</i>, a new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from southeastern Taiwan. <em>J. Mar. Sci. Tech.</em> 15(2): 76-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.51400/2709-6998.2035 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax shaoi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax reevesii USNM 409357 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax reevesii USNM 409357 photograph lateral view)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax shaoi)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax reevesii USNM 409357 photograph head lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax reevesii USNM 409357 photograph lateral view)