WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830)
217489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217489)
accepted
Species
Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted
Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena hepatica 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217489 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena hepatica 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax hepaticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax hepaticus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax hepaticus FIN031250 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax hepaticus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax hepaticus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Muraena cinerascens Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Muraena hepatica Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax hepaticus FIN031250 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
