Marine
Gymnothorax rueppelliae (McClelland, 1844)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Dalophis rueppelliae McClelland, 1844 |
synonym | Echidna zebra (non Shaw, 1797) |
synonym | Gymnothorax leucacme Jenkins, 1903 |
synonym | Gymnothorax nubile (non Richardson, 1848) |
synonym | Gymnothorax petelli (Bleeker, 1856) |
synonym | Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus (non Bleeker, 1863) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruepelliae (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax rueppellii (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruppeli (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruppelii (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruppelli (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruppelliae (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax ruppellii (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Gymnothorax signifer Bliss, 1883 |
synonym | Gymnothorax waialuae Snyder, 1904 |
synonym | Lycodontis petelli (Bleeker, 1856) |
synonym | Lycodontis rueppelli (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Lycodontis rueppelliae (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Muraena interrupta Kaup, 1856 |
synonym | Muraena nigrolineata Kaup, 1856 |
synonym | Muraena nubila (non Richardson, 1848) |
synonym | Muraena petelli Bleeker, 1856 |
synonym | Muraena punctatofasciata (non Bleeker, 1863) |
synonym | Muraena ruppelli (McClelland, 1844) |
synonym | Sidera chlevastes Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 |
🗒 Common Names
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian |
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Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Color pale greyish brown with 16-21 dark bars; bars becoming indistinct on large individuals; top of head yellow; corner of mouth with a dark brown spot. Vertebrae 132-135.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
80 TL (unsexed)
Size
80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
Inhabits seaward reefs to depths of at least 30 m, in areas of clear water . In coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific Region . Feeds on fish, crabs and shrimps .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 40 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Remark
Known from Andamans, Laccadives and coast of India
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (south to Bazaruto Island, Mozambique, Ref. 33390) to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto, and Marquesan islands, north to the Ryukyus, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5396, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
Natural History > Size
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Miyasaka, A. 1993 A database on scientific and common names of fishes exported from Hawaii. The information was derived from the above mentioned database. A printout of the names is also available from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Anguilliformes |
Family | Muraenidae |
Genus | Gymnothorax |
Species | Gymnothorax rueppelliae (McClelland 1844) |
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