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

description: <i>Gymnothorax prasinus</i> (Richardson 1848) <i>Muraena prasina</i> Richardson 1848: 93 (Bondi Bay, Sydney, Australia). Holotype (unique), BMNH 2008.3.23.2 (mounted head and left skin). <i>Gymnothorax jacksoniensis</i> Bleeker 1863d: 450 (Port Jackson, N. S. W., Australia). Holotype (unique), RMNH 3780. <i>Muraena callorhyncha</i> Günther 1870: 122 (Fremantle, Western Australia). Holotype (unique), BMNH 1861.5.18.7. <i>Muraena krulli</i> Hector 1877: 468, pl. 8 (bottom) (Bay of Islands, New Zealand). Holotype (unique), AIM (missing). <i>Gymnothorax leecote</i> Scott 1965: 54, fig. 1 (Off George Rock, n of St. Helen's, Tasmania, Australia, 10 fm). Holotype (unique), QVM 1964, 5,001 5 [ex QVM type 123]. VERTEBRAE: 4–7, 56–60, 134–140 (MVF 5, 58, 137). DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax prionodon</i> Ogilby 1895</b> <i>Gymnothorax prionodon</i> Ogilby 1895: 720 (Port Jackson, N. S. W., Australia). Holotype (unique), AMS I.3324. <i>Muraena mieroszewskii</i> Steindachner 1896: 222 (Japan). Holotype (unique), NMW 61642. <i>Gymnothorax leucostigma</i> Jordan &amp; Richardson 1909: 174, pl. 68 (Kao-Hsiung [Takao], Taiwan). Holotype (unique), FMNH 52124 [ex CM 253]. <i>Gymnothorax nirosus</i> Tanaka 1918: 51 (Nagasaki fish market, Japan). Holotype (unique), ZUMT 8628 (lost). <i>Muraena shirleyi</i> Griffin 1933: 172, pl. 24 (top); fig. (Mokohinau Is., New Zealand). Holotype (unique), AIM 289.1. <i>Lycodontis wooliensis</i> Whitley 1968: 33, pl. 8, fig. 1 (20 mi. off Wooli, sw Australia, 29°52'S, 153°20'E,). Holotype (unique), AMS IB.7941. VERTEBRAE: 4–7, 53–58, 135–142 (MVF 6, 54, 138). DISTRIBUTION: Western Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax prismodon</i> Böhlke &amp; Randall 2000</b> <i>Gymnothorax prismodon</i> Böhlke &amp; Randall 2000: 253, figs. 12–14 (Off Makaha Beach, Oahu I., Hawaiian Is., U.S.A., 44 m). Holotype, BPBM 15508 (461 mm TL). VERTEBRAE: 3–5, 65–70, 139–153 (MVF 4, 66, 142). DISTRIBUTION: Hawaiian Islands. <b> <i>Gymnothorax prolatus</i> Sasaki &amp; Amaoka 1991</b> <i>Gymnothorax prolatus</i> Sasaki &amp; Amaoka 1991: 7, figs. 1–3 (Suao fish market, ne coast of Taiwan). Holotype (unique), HUMZ 107775. VERTEBRAE: 6–8, 79–83, 182–187 (MVF 7, 81, 184). DISTRIBUTION: Indo-West Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax pseudoherrei</i> Böhlke 2000</b> <i>Gymnothorax pseudoherrei</i> Böhlke 2000: 408, figs. 2F, 3D, 7 (W side of Solino [Selinog] I., Zamboanga Del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines, 8°51'24"N, 123°24'36"E,, 0–4.6 m). Holotype, USNM 357430. VERTEBRAE: 5–9, 44–50, 110–118 (MVF 6, 47, 114). DISTRIBUTION: Indo-West Pacific. <b> <i>Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus</i> (Bleeker 1852)</b> <i>Muraena pseudothyrsoidea</i> Bleeker 1852a: 778 (Makasar [Ujung Pandang], Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia). Holotype (unique), BMNH 1867.11.28.246. <i>Gymnothorax makassariensis</i> Bleeker 1863b: 168 (Makasar [Ujung Pandang], Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia). Holotype (unique), RMNH 3768. VERTEBRAE: 3–5, 55–61, 122(?)–134 (MVF 5, 55, 128). DISTRIBUTION: Indo-West 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 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3474.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5676816
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