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Gymnothorax elegans in life
In life — Elegant Moray, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) setsof, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
BPBM 31610Ichthyology

Gymnothorax elegans

Elegant Moray

As recorded: Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883

Animalia › Chordata › Anguilliformes › Muraenidae

Collected by
Francis Fuller (local fisherman), via Louise Wrobel
Date
March 3, 1985
Locality
Moorea; Temae; outside reef
Island
Moorea
Depth
300 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
6 Bishop specimens of Gymnothorax elegans · collected 1970–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 3, 1985, Francis Fuller (local fisherman), via Louise Wrobel also collected 2 other specimens.

Polylepion russelli

Ichthyology

Sphoeroides pachygaster

Ichthyology

Cite this specimen

Gymnothorax elegans. BPBM 31610. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37031864. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/31610.

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