CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 060097 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
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) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 060900 Gymnothorax spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-15.
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Expected species depth range is from 31 to 90 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on 3 specimens collected off the NW Shelf of WA (19 25 S to 20 37 S, 31-90m depth) identified by J Pogonoski, CSIRO.

Identifiers:

FoA	5468 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271854 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report