Gymnothorax afer Bloch 1795

Smith, David G., 2012, A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) 3474, Zootaxa 3474, pp. 1-64 : 11

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Gymnothorax afer Bloch 1795 View in CoL View at ENA

Gymnothorax afer Bloch 1795: 85 View in CoL , pl. 417 ( Guinea). Syntypes, ZMB 3991 (1), 7784 (1, stuffed), 7785 (1, stuffed). Muraena africana Shaw 1803: 30 ( Guinea) . New name for Gymnothorax afer View in CoL .

Thyrsoidea maculipinnis Kaup 1856b: 83 ( Ghana) View in CoL . Holotype (unique), RMNH 3792 About RMNH .

Muraena tristis Kaup 1856b: 62 View in CoL ( Niger R). Holotype (unique), BMNH 1847.4 .4.31.

Thyrsoidea marginata Kaup 1859: 24 View in CoL , suppl. 4, pl. 4 (fig. 1) (West Africa). Holotype

(unique), ZMH 12505.

VERTEBRAE: —, —, 140–148.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Atlantic.

Gymnothorax albimarginatus ( Temminck & Schlegel 1846) View in CoL

Muraena albimarginata Temminck & Schlegel 1846: 267 View in CoL , pl. 118 ( Japan). Holotype (unique), RMNH D2236 About RMNH (stuffed).

VERTEBRAE: 4–7, 91–94, 184–195 (MVF 5, 92, 189).

DISTRIBUTION: Western and central Pacific.

Gymnothorax angusticauda ( Weber & de Beaufort 1916) View in CoL

Muraena (Priodonophis) angusticauda Weber & de Beaufort 1916: 389 View in CoL , fig. 388 (Near Supiori, Schouten Is., New Guinea). Holotype (unique), ZMA 102162 View Materials .

VERTEBRAE: 4, 59–60, 143–148 (MVF 4, 59, 146).

DISTRIBUTION: Indo-West Pacific.

Gymnothorax angusticeps ( Hildebrand & Barton 1949) View in CoL

Priodonophis angusticeps Hildebrand & Barton 1949: 5 View in CoL , fig. 2 ( Talara , Peru). Holotype (unique), USNM 144254 About USNM .

VERTEBRAE: 5–6, 73, 168–170 (MVF 6, 73, 169).

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Pacific.

Gymnothorax annasona Whitley 1937 View in CoL

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus annasona Whitley 1937: 220 View in CoL (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.

Gymnothorax annulatus Smith & Böhlke 1997

Gymnothorax annulatus Smith & 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 About ANSP . GoogleMaps

VERTEBRAE: 6–8, 49–53, 124–127 (MVF 7, 51, 126).

DISTRIBUTION: Western Pacific.