WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax monostigma (Regan, 1909)
271855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271855)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax monostigmus (Regan, 1909) · unaccepted
Lycodontis monostigmus (Regan, 1909) · unaccepted
Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909) Regan, C. T. (1909). Descriptions of new marine fishes from Australia and the Pacific. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 4 (no. 23): 438-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930908692695 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax monostigma (Regan, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271855 on 2026-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909) Regan, C. T. (1909). Descriptions of new marine fishes from Australia and the Pacific. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 4 (no. 23): 438-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930908692695 [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
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax monostigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monostigma FIN031287 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monostigma FIN031287B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax monostigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis monostigmus (Regan, 1909))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Muraena monostigma Regan, 1909)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monostigma FIN031287 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax monostigma FIN031287B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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