WoRMS taxon details
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Unreviewed
Description Common among rubble, coralline algal debris, and coral heads of shallow wave-washed reefs (Ref. 1602). Often found in tidepools. May bite when provoked (Ref. 2334). [details]
Publication date Described in 1962 according to Gon 1996 <362>. [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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