Gymnothorax

Gymnothorax
Green moray, G. funebris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Species
See text

Gymnothorax is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.

Species

The 123 recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 (dark moray)
• Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (whitemargin moray)
• Gymnothorax angusticauda (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (narrowtail moray)
• Gymnothorax angusticeps (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
• Gymnothorax annasona (Whitley, 1937) (Lord Howe Island moray)
• Gymnothorax annulatus D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997 (ringed moray)
• Gymnothorax atolli (Pietschmann, 1935) (atoll moray)
• Gymnothorax australicola Lavenberg, 1992 (South Pacific moray)
• Gymnothorax austrinus E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001 (southern moray)
• Gymnothorax bacalladoi E. B. Böhlke & Brito, 1987 (Canary moray)
• Gymnothorax baranesi D. G. Smith, Brokovich & Einbinder, 2008
• Gymnothorax bathyphilus J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1975 (deep-dwelling moray)
• Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904 (Y-patterned moray)
• Gymnothorax breedeni McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1977 (blackcheek moray)
• Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (latticetail moray or vagrant moray)
• Gymnothorax castaneus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (panamic green moray eel)
• Gymnothorax castlei E. B. Böhlk] & J. E. Randall, 1999 (Castle's moray)
• Gymnothorax cephalospilus E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001 (headspot moray)
• Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1864 (lipspot moray)
• Gymnothorax chlamydatus Snyder, 1908 (banded mud moray)
• Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867 (saddled moray)
• Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932 (sieve-patterned moray)
• Gymnothorax davidsmithi McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Flores mud moray)
• Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917
• Gymnothorax dovii (Günther, 1870) (speckled moray)
• Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883 (elegant moray)
• Gymnothorax emmae Prokofiev, 2010^[2]
• Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1982 (enigmatic moray)
• Gymnothorax equatorialis (Hildebrand, 1946) (spotted-tail moray)
• Gymnothorax eurostus (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Abbott's moray eel)
• Gymnothorax eurygnathos E. B. Böhlke, 2001
• Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (laced moray)
• Gymnothorax fimbriatus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (fimbriated moray)
  

  Fimbriated moray,
  Gymnothorax fimbriatus
• Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (yellow-edged moray)
  

  Yellow-edged moray,
  G. flavimarginatus
• Gymnothorax flavoculus (E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1996) (palenose moray)
• Gymnothorax formosus Bleeker, 1864
• Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1840 (green moray)
• Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus (L. P. Schultz, 1953) (brown-spotted moray)
• Gymnothorax gracilicauda O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (slendertail moray)
• Gymnothorax griseus (Lacépède, 1803) (geometric moray)
  

  Geometric moray,
  G. griseus
• Gymnothorax hansi Heemstra, 2004
• Gymnothorax hepaticus (Rüppell, 1830) (liver-colored moray eel)
• Gymnothorax herrei Beebe & Tee-Van, 1933 (Herre's moray)
• Gymnothorax hubbsi J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1977 (lichen moray)
• Gymnothorax intesi (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (whitetip moray)
• Gymnothorax isingteena (J. Richardson, 1845) (Indo-Pacific spotted moray)
• Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (giant moray)
  

  Giant moray,
  G. javanicus
• Gymnothorax johnsoni (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (white-spotted moray)
• Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Kidako moray)
• Gymnothorax kolpos J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1980 (blacktail moray)
• Gymnothorax kontodontos E. B. Böhlke, 2000 (short-tooth moray)
• Gymnothorax longinquus (Whitley, 1948)
• Gymnothorax maderensis (J. Y. Johnson, 1862) (sharktooth moray)
• Gymnothorax mareei Poll, 1953 (spotjaw moray)
• Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1864 (blotch-necked moray)
• Gymnothorax marshallensis (L. P. Schultz, 1953) (Marshall Islands moray)
• Gymnothorax mccoskeri D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997
• Gymnothorax megaspilus E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1995 (Oman moray)
• Gymnothorax melanosomatus K. H. Loh, K. T. Shao & Hong Ming Chen, 2011 (Black body moray)^[3]
• Gymnothorax melatremus L. P. Schultz, 1953 (dwarf moray)
• Gymnothorax meleagris (G. Shaw, 1795) (turkey moray)
• Gymnothorax microspila (Günther, 1870)
• Gymnothorax microstictus E. B. Böhlke, 2000
• Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) (goldentail moray)
• Gymnothorax minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Gymnothorax moluccensis Bleeker, 1864 (Moluccan moray)
• Gymnothorax monochrous (Bleeker, 1856) (drab moray)
• Gymnothorax monostigma (Regan, 1909) (one-spot moray)
• Gymnothorax mordax (Ayres, 1859) (California moray)
  

  California moray,
  G. mordax
• Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) (Atlantic spotted moray)
• Gymnothorax nasuta F. de Buen, 1961 (Easter Island moray)
• Gymnothorax neglectus S. Tanaka (I), 1911
• Gymnothorax nigromarginatus (Girard, 1858) (Blackedge moray)
• Gymnothorax niphostigmus Hong Ming Chen, K. T. Shao & C. T. Chen, 1996 (snowflake-patched moray)
• Gymnothorax nubilus (J. Richardson, 1848) (grey moray)
• Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867) (starry moray)
• Gymnothorax nuttingi Snyder, 1904
• Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley, 1932) (Griffin's moray)
• Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz, 1831 (Caribbean ocellated moray)
• Gymnothorax panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) (Panamic moray)
• Gymnothorax parini Collette, D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1991
• Gymnothorax phalarus W. A. Bussing, 1998
• Gymnothorax phasmatodes (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (ghost moray)
• Gymnothorax philippinus D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907
• Gymnothorax pictus (J. N. Ahl, 1789) (peppered moray)
• Gymnothorax pikei Bliss, 1883 (Pike's moray)
• Gymnothorax pindae J. L. B. Smith, 1962 (Pinda moray)
• Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1875 (polygon moray)
• Gymnothorax polyspondylus E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 2000
• Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853) (freshwater moray)
• Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848) (lowfin moray)
• Gymnothorax prasinus (J. Richardson, 1848) (yellow moray)
• Gymnothorax prionodon J. D. Ogilby, 1895 (Australian mottled moray)
• Gymnothorax prismodon E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 2000
• Gymnothorax prolatus K. Sasaki & Amaoka, 1991
• Gymnothorax pseudoherrei E. B. Böhlke, 2000
• Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker, 1852) (highfin moray)
• Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus Bleeker, 1863 (bars 'n' spots moray)
• Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Red Sea white-spotted moray)
• Gymnothorax randalli D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997
• Gymnothorax reevesii (J. Richardson, 1845) (Reeve's moray)
• Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch, 1795
• Gymnothorax richardsonii (Bleeker, 1852) (Richardson's moray)
• Gymnothorax robinsi E. B. Böhlke, 1997
• Gymnothorax rueppellii (McClelland, 1844) (banded moray)
• Gymnothorax sagenodeta (J. Richardson, 1848)
• Gymnothorax sagmacephalus E. B. Böhlke, 1997
• Gymnothorax saxicola D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 (ocellated moray)
• Gymnothorax serratidens (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
• Gymnothorax shaoi Hong Ming Chen & K. H. Loh, 2007
• Gymnothorax sokotrensis Kotthaus, 1968
• Gymnothorax steindachneri D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (brown speckled eel or Steindachner's moray eel)
• Gymnothorax taiwanensis Hong Ming Chen, K. H. Loh & K. T. Shao, 2008 (Taiwanese moray eel)
• Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (J. Richardson, 1845) (greyface moray)
• Gymnothorax tile (F. Hamilton, 1822)
• Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacépède, 1803) (undulated moray)
• Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) (brown moray)
• Gymnothorax vagrans (Seale, 1917)
• Gymnothorax verrilli (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (white-edged moray)
• Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) (purplemouth moray)
• Gymnothorax walvisensis Prokofiev, 2009
• Gymnothorax woodwardi McCulloch, 1912
• Gymnothorax ypsilon Hatooka & J. E. Randall, 1992 (Y-bar moray)
• Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 (barred-fin moray)

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