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Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161185

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Rabula Jordan and Davis, 1891
		Lycodontis Jordan and Evermann, 1896
		Siderea Kaup, 1856
		Thyrsoidea Kaup, 1856
	Common Name(s):	common morays [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Elopomorpha
	Order	Anguilliformes – eels, anguilles
	Suborder	Muraenoidei
	Family	Muraenidae – morays, morenas, murènes, moray eels
	Subfamily	Muraeninae
	Genus	Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795 – common morays
		Direct Children:
	Species	Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795
	Species	Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
	Species	Gymnothorax angusticauda (Weber and de Beaufort, 1916)
	Species	Gymnothorax angusticeps (Hildebrand and Barton, 1949)
	Species	Gymnothorax annasona Whitley, 1937
	Species	Gymnothorax annulatus Smith and Böhlke, 1997
	Species	Gymnothorax atolli (Pietschmann, 1935)
	Species	Gymnothorax australicola Lavenberg, 1992
	Species	Gymnothorax austrinus Böhlke and McCosker, 2001
	Species	Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke and Brito, 1987
	Species	Gymnothorax bathyphilus Randall and McCosker, 1975
	Species	Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904
	Species	Gymnothorax breedeni McCosker and Randall, 1977
	Species	Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) – latticetail moray
	Species	Gymnothorax castaneus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1883) – Panamic green moray, morena verde panámica
	Species	Gymnothorax castlei Böhlke and Randall, 1999
	Species	Gymnothorax cephalospilus Böhlke and McCosker, 2001
	Species	Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1865
	Species	Gymnothorax chlamydatus Snyder, 1908
	Species	Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867 – saddled moray
	Species	Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932
	Species	Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917
	Species	Gymnothorax dovii (Günther, 1870) – finespotted moray, morena pintita
	Species	Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883
	Species	Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker and Randall, 1982
	Species	Gymnothorax equatorialis (Hildebrand, 1946) – spottail moray, morena cola pintada
	Species	Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860)
	Species	Gymnothorax eurygnathos Böhlke, 2001
	Species	Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
	Species	Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) – darkspotted moray
	Species	Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) – yellowedged moray
	Species	Gymnothorax flavoculus (Böhlke and Randall, 1996)
	Species	Gymnothorax formosus Bleeker, 1865
	Species	Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 – green moray, morena verde
	Species	Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus (Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander and Woods, 1953)
	Species	Gymnothorax gracilicauda Jenkins, 1903
	Species	Gymnothorax griseus (Lacepède, 1803) – geometric moray
	Species	Gymnothorax hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830)
	Species	Gymnothorax herrei Beebe and Tee-van, 1933
	Species	Gymnothorax hubbsi Böhlke and Böhlke, 1977 – lichen moray, morena liquen
	Species	Gymnothorax intesi (Fourmanoir and Rivaton, 1979)
	Species	Gymnothorax isingteena (Richardson, 1845)
	Species	Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)
	Species	Gymnothorax johnsoni (Smith, 1962)
	Species	Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
	Species	Gymnothorax kolpos Böhlke and Böhlke, 1980 – blacktail moray, morena cola negra
	Species	Gymnothorax kontodontos Böhlke, 2000
	Species	Gymnothorax longinquus (Whitley, 1948)
	Species	Gymnothorax maderensis (Johnson, 1862) – sharktooth moray
	Species	Gymnothorax mareei Poll, 1953
	Species	Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1865 – turnkeyed moray
	Species	Gymnothorax marshallensis (Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander and Woods, 1953)
	Species	Gymnothorax mccoskeri Smith and Böhlke, 1997
	Species	Gymnothorax megaspilus Böhlke and Randall, 1995
	Species	Gymnothorax melatremus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander and Woods, 1953
	Species	Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1795) – puhi 'oni'o, guineafowl moray, spotted moray
	Species	Gymnothorax microstictus Böhlke, 2000
	Species	Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) – goldentail moray, morena de cola dorada, morena cola dorada, conger moray
	Species	Gymnothorax minor (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
	Species	Gymnothorax moluccensis (Bleeker, 1865)
	Species	Gymnothorax monochrous (Bleeker, 1856)
	Species	Gymnothorax monostigma (Regan, 1909)
	Species	Gymnothorax mordax (Ayres, 1859) – California moray, morena de California
	Species	Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) – spotted moray, morena manchada
	Species	Gymnothorax nasuta de Buen, 1961
	Species	Gymnothorax neglectus Tanaka, 1911
	Species	Gymnothorax nigromarginatus (Girard, 1858) – blackedge moray, morena de margen negro
	Species	Gymnothorax niphostigmus Chen, Shao and Chen, 1996
	Species	Gymnothorax nubilus (Richardson, 1848)
	Species	Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867) – starry moray
	Species	Gymnothorax nuttingi Snyder, 1904
	Species	Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley, 1932)
	Species	Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1831 – Caribbean ocellated moray, moray eel, morena ocelada, spotted moray, ocellated moray
	Species	Gymnothorax panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) – masked moray, morena mapache
	Species	Gymnothorax parini Collette, Smith and Böhlke, 1991
	Species	Gymnothorax phalarus Bussing, 1998
	Species	Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith, 1962)
	Species	Gymnothorax philippinus Jordan and Seale, 1907
	Species	Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) – painted moray, painted reef eel
	Species	Gymnothorax pikei Bliss, 1883
	Species	Gymnothorax pindae Smith, 1962
	Species	Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1875 – reticulated moray eel, polygon moray, morena de polígonos, morena polígona
	Species	Gymnothorax polyspondylus Böhlke and Randall, 2000
	Species	Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853) – freshwater moray
	Species	Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848)
	Species	Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848)
	Species	Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895
	Species	Gymnothorax prismodon Böhlke and Randall, 2000
	Species	Gymnothorax prolatus Sasaki and Amaoka, 1991
	Species	Gymnothorax pseudoherrei Böhlke, 2000
	Species	Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker, 1852)
	Species	Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus Bleeker, 1863
	Species	Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
	Species	Gymnothorax randalli Smith and Böhlke, 1997
	Species	Gymnothorax reevesii (Richardson, 1845)
	Species	Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch, 1795
	Species	Gymnothorax richardsonii (Bleeker, 1852) – y-lined moray, spotted-lip moray
	Species	Gymnothorax robinsi Böhlke, 1997
	Species	Gymnothorax rueppellii (McClelland, 1844) – Ruppell's moray
	Species	Gymnothorax ryukyuensis Hatooka, 2003
	Species	Gymnothorax sagmacephalus Böhlke, 1997
	Species	Gymnothorax saxicola Jordan and Davis, 1891 – honeycomb moray, ocellated moray, morena punteada, morena panal
	Species	Gymnothorax serratidens (Hildebrand and Barton, 1949)
	Species	Gymnothorax sokotrensis Kotthaus, 1968
	Species	Gymnothorax steindachneri Jordan and Evermann, 1903
	Species	Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) – slender moray
	Species	Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton, 1822)
	Species	Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) – nami-utsubo, common Hawaiian moray, leopard moray
	Species	Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809)
	Species	Gymnothorax vagrans (Seale, 1917)
	Species	Gymnothorax verrilli (Jordan and Gilbert, 1883) – white-edged moray, morena de borde blanco
	Species	Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) – purplemouth moray, morena de boca púrpura, morena amarilla
	Species	Gymnothorax wilsoni Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – Cape conger
	Species	Gymnothorax woodwardi McCulloch, 1912
	Species	Gymnothorax ypsilon Hatooka and Randall, 1992
	Species	Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed.
	Publication Date:	1989
	Article/Chapter Title:	Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1
	Page(s):	xvii + 1-656
	Publisher:	Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University
	Publication Place:	New Haven, Connecticut, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-935868-45-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gymnothorax

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