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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 060072 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax kontodontos   Böhlke, 2000
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 Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 060900     Gymnothorax spp.

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 2022-02-02. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 6 to 27 m.

Taxon Notes:	Recorded from Bougainville Reef (east of Cooktown, Qld, 24-26m depth) by Böhlke 2000 (BPBM paratype) and also known from AMS specimen collected at Osprey Reef, Qld (c. 13 54 S, 146 33 E, 1-15m depth) identified by J Pogonoski, CSIRO. Accidentally excluded by Böhlke & McCosker (2001) in their revision of Australian morays.
Identifiers:	FoA 5465 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271845 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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