genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
fish
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in the
family
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Muraenidae
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are f ...
found in
Atlantic
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,
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
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and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...
. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels.
Smith (2012) noted that ''Gymnothorax'' as currently recognized is polyphyletic, but cautioned that comparative studies are needed before action is taken to resurrect generic synonyms of ''Gymnothorax''.
World Register of Marine Species
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recognize a total of 128 valid species in the genus. However, each database includes three species that the other does not list, which are noted in the list below.
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Gymnothorax afer
The dark moray eel (''Gymnothorax afer'') is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Mauritania to Cape Frio, Namibia.
Gymnothorax albimarginatus
The whitemargin moray or the white-edged moray, ''Gymnothorax albimarginatus'', is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.
Description
The whitemargin moray is considered as a medium-sized fish which can reach 105 cm long. Its sn ...
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Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
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Schlegel
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* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
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, 1846) (White-margin moray)
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Gymnothorax andamanensis
''Gymnothorax'' is a genus of fish in the family Muraenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels.
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Gymnothorax angusticauda
The narrowtail moray (''Gymnothorax angusticauda'') is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, in the Red Sea, and around Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania be ...
Gymnothorax angusticeps
''Gymnothorax angusticeps'' is a moray eel found in the southeast Pacific Ocean, around Peru
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Hildebrand
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Gymnothorax annasona
''Gymnothorax annasona'' is a moray eel found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island
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Gymnothorax annulatus
The ringed moray (''Gymnothorax annulatus'') is a moray eel found in the western Pacific Ocean, around the Philippines and Thailand
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Gymnothorax atolli
The atoll moray eel (''Gymnothorax atolli'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the nor ...
Gymnothorax aurocephalus
''Gymnothorax'' is a genus of fish in the family Muraenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels.
Smith (2012) noted that ''Gymnothorax'' as currently recognized is po ...
Gymnothorax australicola
The South Pacific moray (''Gymnothorax australicola'') is a moray eel found in the southeast and southwest Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean ...
Gymnothorax bacalladoi
The Canary moray (''Gymnothorax bacalladoi'') is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found only around the Canary Islands in the eastern central Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area o ...
Gymnothorax bathyphilus
The deep-dwelling moray (''Gymnothorax bathyphilus'') is a deepwater moray eel found in the south Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island and Desventuradas Islands.
Gymnothorax berndti
The y-patterned moray, y-patterned moray eel, or Berndt's moray (''Gymnothorax berndti'') is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m. It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 19 ...
Gymnothorax chilospilus
The lipspot moray eel (''Gymnothorax chilospilus''), also known as the textile moray, white-lipped moray or white-lipped reef eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Bliss
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Gymnothorax equatorialis
''Gymnothorax equatorialis'' is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from the Gulf of California to Peru
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Hildebrand
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Gymnothorax fimbriatus
''Gymnothorax'' is a genus of fish in the family Muraenidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. With more than 120 species, it the most speciose genus of moray eels.
Smith (2012) noted that ''Gymnothorax'' as currently recognized is pol ...
Gymnothorax flavoculus
The palenose moray (''Gymnothorax flavoculus'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean. It's a dwarf species not exceeding 11" and primarily feeds on krill in the home aquarium. With some enticing, they have taken other fo ...
Ranzani
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Gymnothorax gracilicauda
The slendertail moray eel (''Gymnothorax gracilicauda'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the ...
Gymnothorax griseus
The geometric moray (''Gymnothorax griseus'')
is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae found throughout the western Indian Ocean at depths to 40 m. Its length is up to 65 cm. It is parasitized by '' Ichthyoxenus puhi'', a species of isopod
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Gymnothorax indicus
''Gymnothorax indicus'' is a species of moray eel described as being brown and long. It's native to northern Bengal, India
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Mishra
Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin, in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal.
Army personnel
* Avijit Misra – Colonel in Indian Army
* B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Gov ...
, 2016 (Indian unpatterened moray)Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Smith, D.G. & Mishra, S.S. (2016): A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus ''Gymnothorax'' (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal. ''Zootaxa, 4150 (5): 591–598.''
* '' Gymnothorax intesi'' ( Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (White-tip moray)
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Gymnothorax isingteena
The spotted moray eel (''Gymnothorax isingteena'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's s ...
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Gymnothorax javanicus
The giant moray (''Gymnothorax javanicus'') is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is the largest moray eel; however, the slender giant moray is the largest in terms of body leng ...
Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temmin ...
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Schlegel
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
* Brad Schlege ...
Gymnothorax mareei
The spotjaw moray (''Gymnothorax mareei'') is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.Poll
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Gymnothorax melatremus
''Gymnothorax melatremus'', the blackspot moray, dirty yellow moray or dwarf moray, is a moray eel from the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific ...
Gymnothorax miliaris
''Gymnothorax miliaris'', the goldentail moray, bastard eel, or conger moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.
Description
The goldentail moray is a medium-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 70 cm, but the ...
Gymnothorax minor
The lesser moray (''Gymnothorax minor'') is a moray eel found in the western Pacific Ocean.Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temmin ...
&
Schlegel
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
* Brad Schlege ...
, 1846)
* '' Gymnothorax mishrai'' D. Ray, Mohapatra & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Bengal moray)Ray, D., Mohapatra, A. & Smith, D.G. (2015): A new species of Short Brown Unpatterned Moray Eel of the Genus ''Gymnothorax'' (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Bay of Bengal. ''Zootaxa, 4027 (1): 140–144.''
* '' Gymnothorax moluccensis'' ( Bleeker, 1864) (Moluccan moray)
* '' Gymnothorax monochrous'' ( Bleeker, 1856) (Drab moray)
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Gymnothorax monostigma
The one-spot moray (''Gymnothorax monostigma'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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, 1909) (One-spot moray)
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Gymnothorax mordax
The California moray (''Gymnothorax mordax'') is a moray eel of the family (biology), family Muraenidae, found in the eastern Pacific from just north of Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara to Santa Maria Bay in Baja California. They are the ...
Gymnothorax nasuta
The Easter Island moray (''Gymnothorax nasuta'') is a moray eel found in the southeast Pacific Ocean, around Easter Island and Chile
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Gymnothorax neglectus
''Gymnothorax neglectus'' is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean, around Taiwan and Japan. It was first named by Shigeho Tanaka in 1911. It reaches a maximum length of about .
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Gymnothorax nigromarginatus
The blackedge moray eel (''Gymnothorax nigromarginatus'') is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Gymnothorax obesus
The speckled moray, or Griffin's moray (''Gymnothorax obesus'') is a moray eel of the genus ''Gymnothorax'', found in Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland and the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand at depths down ...
Gymnothorax ocellatus
''Gymnothorax ocellatus'' is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean.Agassiz, 1831 (Caribbean ocellated moray)
* '' Gymnothorax odishi'' Mohapatra, Mohanty, Smith, Mishra, and Roy, 2018Mohapatra, A., S. R. Mohanty, D. G. Smith, S. S. Mishra and S. Roy 2018. ''Gymnothorax odishi'' sp. nov. (Muraenidae: Muraeninae), a short brown unpatterned moray eel from Bay of Bengal, India. Zootaxa 4420 (no. 1): 123-130.
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Gymnothorax parini
''Gymnothorax parini'' is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean, around Walters Shoals
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Gymnothorax pikei
''Gymnothorax pikei'', or Pike's moray, is a rare moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Bliss
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, 1883 (Pike's moray)
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Gymnothorax pindae
''Gymnothorax pindae'' is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by A ...
Gymnothorax polygonius
The polygon moray (''Gymnothorax polygonius'') is a moray eel of the family (biology), family Muraenidae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Madeira and Cape Verde, and the western central Atlantic from Cuba and the Trindade Island (Brazil), at de ...
Gymnothorax prasinus
The yellow moray (''Gymnothorax prasinus'') is a moray eel of the genus ''Gymnothorax'', found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, ...
Gymnothorax prionodon
The Australian mottled moray (in Australia), and mottled moray (in New Zealand), ''Gymnothorax prionodon'', is a moray eel of the family (biology), family Muraenidae, found at depths down to 80 m. Their length is between 80 and 150 cm.
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'' J. D. Ogilby, 1895 (Australian mottled moray)
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Gymnothorax prismodon
''Gymnothorax prismodon'' is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean
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Gymnothorax pseudoherrei
''Gymnothorax pseudoherrei'' is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean around the Philippines
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Gymnothorax rueppelliae
''Gymnothorax rueppelliae'', the banded moray, banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel or yellow-headed moray, is a moray eel found in tropical coral reefs. ''Gymnothorax rueppelliae'' is ...
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Gymnothorax saxicola
The ocellated moray (''Gymnothorax saxicola'') is a species of moray eel from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally is found in the aquarium trade. It grows to 60 cm in length.
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Gymnothorax serratidens
''Gymnothorax serratidens'' is a moray eel found in the southeast Pacific Ocean around Peru.Hildebrand
Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword". ...
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
The greyface moray eel, also called the freckled moray, slender moray, or white-eyed moray, ''Gymnothorax thyrsoideus'', is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.
Description
The Greyface moray is a medium-sized fish that is most comm ...
Gymnothorax walvisensis
''Gymnothorax walvisensis'' is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels).''Gy ...
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Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...
McCulloch
McCulloch is a Scottish surname. It's a variation of the Northern Irish surname McCullough. It's commonly found in Galloway.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan McLeod McCulloch ( ...