Gymnothorax minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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Muraena minor Temminck & Schlegel, 1846:269, pl. 115, fig. 2 (type locality: Japan).

Gymnothorax minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846): Chen, 2004:29; Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho et al., 2010:table 1; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Gymnothorax reticularis (not of Bloch, 1795): Jordan & Richardson, 1909:173; Chen, 1956:80; Chu, 1957:15; Liang & Yeh, 1964:8; Lee, 1967:44; Chen & Weng, 1967:23; Chen, 1969:127; Shen, 1984a:107; Chen & Yu, 1986:248; Shen, 1988:14; Shen et al., 1993:106; Chen et al., 1994:52; Shao et al., 1994a:276; Shao et al., 2008:238.

Lycodontis reticularis (not of Bloch, 1795): Fowler, 1932b:137, fig.12.

Remarks. The most abundant moray species collected by bottom trawl off Taiwan. Previously referred to G. reticularis by many authors.