Species Gymnothorax marshallensis (Schultz, 1953)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rabula marshallensis Schultz, L.P. 1953. Family Muraenidae: moray eels. pp. 98-159, figs 21-33, pls 6, 11-16 in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74 [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 141687, Lagoon reef at Ennylabegan Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific.
  Paratype(s) USNM 141688 4 (3), same as Holotype; USNM 141689 2, lagoon reef, Jieroru Island, Eniwetok Atoll; USNM 141690 3, channel reef, Boro island, Bikini Atoll; FMNH 62587 (ex USNM 141688).

 

Generic Combinations

• Gymnothorax marshallensis (Schultz, 1953). —
  Myers, R.F. & Shepard, J.W. 1980. New records of fishes from Guam, with notes on the ichthyofauna of the Southern Marianas. Micronesica 16(2): 305-347 [332] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Boot Reef, Coral Sea, QLD (10°03'S, 144°42'E), based on re-identified specimens in the Australian Museum and Northern Territory Museum; tropical, west-centrral Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 5-25 m

 

General References

Böhlke, E.B., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. 1999. Family Muraenidae. pp. 1643-1657 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1656]

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [350]

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [48]

Myers, R.F. & Donaldson, T.J. 2003. The fishes of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica 35-36: 594-648 [607]

 

Common Name References

Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. [44] (Marshall Islands Moray) (Marshall Islands Moray)

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [48] (Marshall Islands Moray) (Marshall Islands Moray)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	ELOPOMORPHA	24-Aug-2018	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)