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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 in Australia as Tiger moray , in Japan as Shima-utsubo, in South Africa as Tiger moray, in Guam as Enigmatic moray, in Micronesia, Federated States as Enigmatic moray, in Micronesia, Federated States as Tiger moray.
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It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, South Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and Samoa.
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enigmaticus
AuthorWI
McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.]
AuthorNI
McCosker & Randall
Qualification
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Year
1982
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes
Family
Muraenidae
Subfamily
Muraeninae
Muraeninae
Genus
Gymnothorax
Subgenus
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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
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Qualification SS
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Original QualificationSS
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Current Subspecies AuthorWI
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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
reef-associated
Water
Salt water
Habitat Notes
Relatively uncommon in intertidal reefs. Juveniles inhabit lagoons.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, South Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and Samoa.
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], Nakabo 2000:205 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], 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]).
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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)
Spelling
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
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
bayeri
Gymnothorax bayeri
Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953
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