WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton, 1822)
271890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271890)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax borneensis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lycodontis literata McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lycodontis tile (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Muraena gracilis Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraena tile (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Muraena vermiculata Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Strophidon maculata McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Strophidon punctata McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thyrsoidea microdon Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 18, 363 [details]
page(s): 18, 363 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271890 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gymnothorax borneensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Gymnothorax Bl. de l'Inde archipélagique. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 1: 167-171. [details]
original description (of Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 18, 363 [details]
original description (of Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 18, 363 [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Muraena tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax tile)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax borneensis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea microdon Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena gracilis Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena vermiculata Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis literata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Strophidon maculata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Strophidon punctata McClelland, 1844)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax tile FIN031340 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax tile FIN031340B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Muraena tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax tile)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis tile (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax borneensis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Thyrsoidea microdon Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena gracilis Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena vermiculata Richardson, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis literata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Strophidon maculata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Strophidon punctata McClelland, 1844)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Muraenophis tile Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax tile FIN031340 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax tile FIN031340B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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