WoRMS taxon details

Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)

217502  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217502)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena javanica Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de zuidkust-wateren van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 19: 329-352. [details]   
Description It occurs on both lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 46 m. It feeds primarily on fishes and occasionally on...  
Description It occurs on both lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 46 m. It feeds primarily on fishes and occasionally on crustaceans. This is the largest moray eel, perhaps reaching 3 m in length. Because of its position at the top of the reef's food chain it is often ciguatoxic. Attack humans when provoked (Ref. 3132). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217502 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Muraena javanica Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de zuidkust-wateren van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 19: 329-352. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description It occurs on both lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of at least 46 m. It feeds primarily on fishes and occasionally on crustaceans. This is the largest moray eel, perhaps reaching 3 m in length. Because of its position at the top of the reef's food chain it is often ciguatoxic. Attack humans when provoked (Ref. 3132). [details]
LanguageName 
English giant moray  [details]
Japanese ドクウツボ  [details]