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View Mode View All Pictures Species Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker & Randall    Gymnothorax enigmaticus was originally described as Gymnothorax enigmaticus by McCosker & Randall in 1982. It belongs to the family Muraenidae and subfamily Muraeninae. It is commonly known as Enigmatic moray but has many other common names such as Tiger moray in Australia, Shima-utsubo in Japan, Tiger moray in South Africa, Enigmatic moray in Guam, Enigmatic moray in Micronesia, Federated States, Tiger moray in Micronesia, Federated States. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   enigmaticus AuthorWI   McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] AuthorNI   McCosker & Randall Qualification   --- Year   1982 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Anguilliformes Family   Muraenidae Subfamily   Muraeninae Muraeninae Genus   Gymnothorax Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Family   Muraenidae Subfamily   Muraeninae Genus   Gymnothorax Original Name   Gymnothorax         Taxon Name   enigmaticus Original Combination   Gymnothorax enigmaticus Original Genus   Gymnothorax Original Genus Species   Gymnothorax enigmaticus OriginalSubGenus   Gymnothorax Original Author   McCosker & Randall Original AuthorWI   McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1982 Original Family   Muraenidae Original SubFamily   Muraeninae Original Level   species Type Locality   Off Ngatchab Beach, Angaur Island, Palau Islands, Western Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Types   Paratypes: BPBM 7715 (2), 8184 (1), 9491 (1), 12354 (1), 22339 (2), 22827 (1), 22809 (2); CAS 42377 (1), 48816-26 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 8, 2, 1, 1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:108 [ref. 26380] with holotype as 4881. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   CAS 48815 Journal   Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) Citation   v. 43 (no. 2) Page   18 Illustrations   Figs. 1, 4 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Gymnothorax enigmaticus Current Species   enigmaticus Current Genus Gymnothorax Current AuthorWI McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] Current AuthorNI   McCosker & Randall Current Year   1982 Current Family Muraenidae Current Subfamily Muraeninae Muraeninae Habitat Marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Relatively uncommon in intertidal reefs. Juveniles inhabit lagoons.     Current Summary   Valid as Gymnothorax enigmaticus  McCosker & Randall 1982. Muraenidae: Muraeninae.   Name History   •Valid as Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker & Randall 1982 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:23 [ref. 6441], Castle & McCosker 1986:169 [ref. 5645], Winterbottom et al. 1989:8 [ref. 13251], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:66 [ref. 22017], Allen 1997:54 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:46 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:45 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:205 [ref. 25086], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Nakabo 2002:205 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:108 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:40 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:249 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:92 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:15 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:71 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:83 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:14 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:18 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:35 [ref. 35805], Ho et al. 2018:12 [ref. 36050], Arndt & Fricke 2019:23 [ref. 36883]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 14 (327 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…121314 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acutirostris Gymnothorax acutirostris (Abbott [C. C.] 1860) Synonym afer Gymnothorax afer Bloch [M. E.] 1795 Valid agassizi Gymnothorax agassizi (Bleeker [P.] 1855) Synonym albimarginata Gymnothorax albimarginata (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846) Synonym albimarginatus Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846) Valid albimentis Gymnothorax albimentis (Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1900) Synonym albomaculatus Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss [R.] 1883 Synonym anatinus Gymnothorax anatinus (Lowe [R. T.] 1838) Synonym andamanensis Gymnothorax andamanensis Mohapatra [A.], Kiruba-Sankar [R.], Praveenraj [J.] & Mohanty [S. R.] 2019 Valid angusticauda Gymnothorax angusticauda (Weber [M.] & de Beaufort [L. F.] 1916) Valid angusticeps Gymnothorax angusticeps (Hildebrand [S. F.] & Barton [O.] 1949) Valid annasona Gymnothorax annasona Whitley [G. P.] 1937 Valid annulatus Gymnothorax annulatus Smith [D. G.] & Böhlke [E. B.] 1997 Valid arae Gymnothorax arae Borodin [N. A.] 1928 Synonym argus Gymnothorax (Limamuraena) argus Steindachner [F.] 1870 Synonym argus Gymnothorax argus Steindachner [F.] 1870 Synonym aterrima Gymnothorax aterrima (Kaup [J. J.] 1859) Synonym atolli Gymnothorax atolli (Pietschmann [V.] 1935) Valid aurea Gymnothorax aurea (Mowbray [L. L.] 1931) Synonym australicola Gymnothorax australicola Lavenberg [R. J.] 1992 Valid austrinus Gymnothorax austrinus Böhlke [E. B.] & McCosker [J. E.] 2001 Valid bacalladoi Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke [E. B.] & Brito [A.] 1987 Valid baranesi Gymnothorax baranesi Smith [D. G.], Brokovich [E.] & Einbinder [S.] 2008 Valid bathyphilus Gymnothorax bathyphilus Randall [J. E.] & McCosker [J. E.] 1975 Valid batuensis Gymnothorax batuensis (Bleeker [P.] 1856) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 14 (327 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…121314 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…