WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829)
158584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158584)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) · unaccepted
Gymnothorax concolor (Abbott, 1860) · unaccepted
Gymnothorax flavoscriptus Poey, 1876 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax moringua (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gymnothorax picturatus Poey, 1880 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900 · unaccepted
Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Muraena punctata Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Sidera flavoscripta (Poey, 1876) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sidera moringa (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 352 [details]
page(s): 352 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean to...
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158584 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860) Abbott, C. C. (1860). Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 475-479. [details]
original description (of Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 81, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 82, Pl. 43 (fig. 1) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
original description (of Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860) Abbott, C. C. (1860). Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 475-479. [details]
original description (of Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 81, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 82, Pl. 43 (fig. 1) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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
Distribution Western Atlantic: from North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (81 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sidera flavoscripta (Poey, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Muraena punctata Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax picturatus Poey, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax flavoscriptus Poey, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax concolor (Abbott, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax moringua (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sidera moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotted Moray Eel)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotted Moray Eel)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax moringa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax flavoscriptus Poey, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax concolor (Abbott, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena punctata Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax picturatus Poey, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax moringua (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Sidera moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Sidera flavoscripta (Poey, 1876))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax moringa, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax moringa USNM 406068 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax moringa USNM 414142 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lycodontis albimentis P15131 illustration) (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sidera flavoscripta (Poey, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Muraena punctata Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax picturatus Poey, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax flavoscriptus Poey, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax concolor (Abbott, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax moringua (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sidera moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotted Moray Eel)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotted Moray Eel)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax moringa)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax flavoscriptus Poey, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax concolor (Abbott, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena punctata Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax picturatus Poey, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax rostratus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax moringua (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Sidera moringa (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis caramuru Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Murenophis curvilineata Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Sidera flavoscripta (Poey, 1876))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax moringa, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Muraena moringa Cuvier, 1829)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax moringa USNM 406068 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax moringa USNM 414142 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lycodontis albimentis P15131 illustration) (from synonym Lycodontis albimentis Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
To ITIS
