Gymnothorax afer Bloch 1795
Creators: name: Smith, David G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
Gymnothorax afer

description: <i>Gymnothorax afer</i> Bloch 1795 <i>Gymnothorax afer</i> Bloch 1795: 85, pl. 417 (Guinea). Syntypes, ZMB 3991 (1), 7784 (1, stuffed), 7785 (1, stuffed). <i>Muraena africana</i> Shaw 1803: 30 (Guinea). New name for <i>Gymnothorax afer</i>. <i>Thyrsoidea maculipinnis</i> Kaup 1856b: 83 (Ghana). Holotype (unique), RMNH 3792. <i>Muraena tristis</i> Kaup 1856b: 62 (Niger R). Holotype (unique), BMNH 1847.4.4.31. <i>Thyrsoidea marginata</i> Kaup 1859: 24, suppl. 4, pl. 4 (fig. 1) (West Africa). Holotype (unique), ZMH 12505. VERTEBRAE: —, —, 140–148. DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Atlantic. <b> <i>Gymnothorax albimarginatus</i> (Temminck &amp; Schlegel 1846)</b> <i>Muraena albimarginata</i> Temminck &amp; Schlegel 1846: 267, pl. 118 (Japan). Holotype (unique), RMNH D2236 (stuffed). VERTEBRAE: 4–7, 91–94, 184–195 (MVF 5, 92, 189). DISTRIBUTION: Western and central Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax angusticauda</i> (Weber &amp; de Beaufort 1916)</b> <i>Muraena</i> (<i>Priodonophis</i>) <i>angusticauda</i> Weber &amp; de Beaufort 1916: 389, fig. 388 (Near Supiori, Schouten Is., New Guinea). Holotype (unique), ZMA 102162. VERTEBRAE: 4, 59–60, 143–148 (MVF 4, 59, 146). DISTRIBUTION: Indo-West Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax angusticeps</i> (Hildebrand &amp; Barton 1949)</b> <i>Priodonophis angusticeps</i> Hildebrand &amp; Barton 1949: 5, fig. 2 (Talara, Peru). Holotype (unique), USNM 144254. VERTEBRAE: 5–6, 73, 168–170 (MVF 6, 73, 169). DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax annasona</i> Whitley 1937</b> <i>Gymnothorax flavimarginatus annasona</i> Whitley 1937: 220 (Middleton Reef, n of Lord Howe I., sw Pacific). Holotype (unique), AMS IA.6867. VERTEBRAE: 4–6, 56–59, 141–144 (MVF 5, 58, 142). DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax annulatus</i> Smith &amp; Böhlke 1997</b> <i>Gymnothorax annulatus</i> Smith &amp; Böhlke 1997: 179, fig. 3 (Visayan Sea between n Negros and Masbate Is., sw Caduruan Point, 11°38'20"N, 123°58'38"E, Philippines, 0–80.5 m). Holotype, ANSP 141418. VERTEBRAE: 6–8, 49–53, 124–127 (MVF 7, 51, 126). DISTRIBUTION: Western Pacific.
description: Published as part of <i>Smith, David G., 2012, A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) 3474, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 3474</i> on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3474.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5676816
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