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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 060100 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnothorax longinaris   Allen, Erdmann & Sianipar, 2018
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.

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 18 to 63 m.

Taxon Notes:	Described from the holotype collected in 18m depth off northwestern Flores, Indonesia (Allen et al, 2018). Only Australian record (QM specimen identified by J Pogonoski, CSIRO) dredged in 63m depth off Swains Reefs (21 57.3'S 152 15.9'E) in 2005.
Identifiers:	FoA 5466 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1493588 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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