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Elegant Moray

Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gymnothorax elegans
Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883
Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883
Gymnothorax elegans
Gymnothorax elegans
Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883
Recognized by Fishbase
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss 1883)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann 1903)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss 1883)
Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann 1903)
Gymnothorax albomaculatus Bliss 1883
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Gymnothorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann 1903
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss 1883)
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss 1883)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lycodontis elegans (Bliss 1883)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann 1903)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lycodontis goldsboroughi (Jordan & Evermann 1903)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Muraena flavimarginata
Misapplied according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Muraena flavimarginata
Misapplied name according to Fishbase

Common Names

English

Elegant moray preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Goldsborough's moray eel
Recognized by Fishbase

Afrikaans

Elegante bontpaling preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Czech

Muréna ozdobná preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Estonian

Keigar-silepeamureen preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

French

Congre jaune preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Japanese

オキナワノコギリウツボ preferred

Samoan

Pusi preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
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Curated hierarchies for Gymnothorax elegans Bliss 1883

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
23 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
23 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
23 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
23 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax Bloch 1795
36 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenoidei
Muraenidae
Muraeninae
Gymnothorax Bloch 1795
15 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
71 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Muraeninae
Gymnothorax
Gymnothorax elegans (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Muraeninae
Gymnothorax
93 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Muraeninae
Gymnothorax
Gymnothorax elegans (this page)
93 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.