CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 060035 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: J.E. Randall Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.E. Randall
Family:	37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Fimbriate Moray
Organism Type:	a moray eel
Synonyms:	Gymnothorax melanospilus [Russell et al 1983: 20; Checklist of Fishes GBR Capricornia section - misidentification]
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):	060035

Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-25.
Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 50 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:46d60d54-3945-4308-97e5-7de263465ae2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2038 View at FoA
ITIS	161219 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217499 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-03-29 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report