CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 060043 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax isingteena (Richardson, 1845)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a moray eel]
Organism Type:	a moray eel
Synonyms:	Gymnothorax favagineus (in part; species still valid in Australia) Gymnothorax melanospilus (in part, a synonym)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 060900 Gymnothorax spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	060043

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-02-10.
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Expected species depth range is from 1 to 96 m.

Taxon Notes:	Gymnothorax melanospilus is a junior synonym of G. isingteena. In CAAB, G. melanospilus was previously redirected to (superceded by) Gymnothorax favagineus (37060016) but both G. isingteena and G. favagineus occur in Australia. An AMS specimen of G. melanospilus cited by Russell et al 1983 (Fishes of the Capricorn Bunker Group) is a misidentification of G. fimbriatus. G. isingteena is confirmed from One Tree Island (Qld, c. 23 30 S), New Year I (NT, 133 01 E), Ashmore Reef and northern WA southwards to Coral Bay (23 08 S), in 1-100 m depth.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report