CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Anguilliformes (order) » Muraenidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 060016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Tessellate Moray
Common Names List:	black-blotched moray eel
Organism Type:	a moray eel
Synonyms:	Gymnothorax melanospilus (Bleeker, 1855)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 060900 Gymnothorax spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	060016

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-27.
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Expected species depth range is from 1 to 50 m.

Taxon Notes:

Includes taxon formerly identified as Gymnothorax melanospilus (37 060043)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d24d69cf-ca4d-4fd7-a32b-98e0ec528b94 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3550 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217509 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-05-31 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report