Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)

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 : 157

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296052
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scientific name	Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)
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Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) View in CoL

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Muraena javanica Bleeker, 1859:347 View in CoL (type locality: Patjitan, Java, Indonesia).

Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1959) View in CoL : Shen et al., 1993:104; Chen et al., 1994:50; Chen et al., 1997:appendix 1; Chen, 2004:28; Shao et al., 2008:238; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Remarks. A common species collected by hook and line from coral reef areas around Taiwan. It is the largest of all moray eels by weight.