Gymnothorax mordax

Gymnothorax mordax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Anguilloidei

Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species: Gymnothorax mordax

Name

Gymnothorax mordax (Ayres, 1859)

• Type locality: Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:129

Synonymy

• Muraena mordax Ayres, 1859 (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Ayres, W.O. 1859. Descriptions of fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 2 (1858–1862): 25–32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4–10, pp. 54–59, published in 1860.] BHL Reference page.  [See pages 30–31.]
• Böhlke, E.B. & Smith, D.G. 2002. Type catalogue of Indo-Pacific Muraenidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 152: 89–172. DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0089:TCOIPM]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: California Moray