CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 060066 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Lowfin Moray
Organism Type:	a moray eel
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):	060066

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 0 to 13 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

McCosker & Stewart, 2006 [Journal of the Royal Soc of NZ: 36(2):83-95] regard Gymnothorax griffini as a synonymn of Gymnothorax porphyreus.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:86bbcf7d-0af8-49f1-91e2-7d2deaac02c4 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3822 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271872 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-05-17 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report