Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 155

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296029

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scientific name

Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860)
status

 

Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860) View in CoL

AAAΟR

Thyrsoidea eurosta Abbott, 1860:478 (type locality: Hawaiian Islands).

Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860) View in CoL : Shen et al., 1993:103; Chen et al., 1994:50; Chen et al., 1997:appendix 1; Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho et al., 2010:table 1; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Gymnothorax meleagris View in CoL (not of Shaw, 1795): Chen & Weng, 1967:20; Shen et al., 1993:103.

Remarks. A common species is found in coral reef regions around Taiwan. It is similar to G. meleagris , and the two species have been confused in the past (i.e. Chen & Weng, 1967). In a further complication, Hatooka (2002:1453) concluded that the holotype of G. meleagris is actually the species currently known as G. e u ro s t u s. Smith (2012) examined this specimen and found the identification difficult to resolve. Further studies are needed, but we retain the traditional interpretation here.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Muraenidae

Genus

Gymnothorax