WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883
217493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217493)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss, 1883) · unaccepted
Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63. [details]
Description Found in deep waters.
Description Found in deep waters. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217493 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in deep waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オキナワノコギリウツボ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis elegans (Bliss, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax elegans, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax elegans FIN031224 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax elegans FIN031225 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax goldsboroughi P11746 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis elegans (Bliss, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax elegans, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax elegans FIN031224 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax elegans FIN031225 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax goldsboroughi P11746 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
