BPBM 7566Ichthyology

Gymnothorax

Common Morays

As recorded: Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795

Animalia › Chordata › Anguilliformes › Muraenidae

Collected by: J.E. Randall, J.P. McVey, W. Hashimoto, and B. JennionsWilliam Hashimoto →B. Jennions →J.P. McVey →Johnson Randall →
Date: October 27, 1968
Locality: Fanning Island; coral reef near center of lagoon
Island: Fanning Island
Depth: 7 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

135 Bishop specimens of Gymnothorax · collected 1902–2010Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 27, 1968, J.E. Randall, J.P. McVey, W. Hashimoto, and B. Jennions also collected 18 other specimens.

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Aspidontus taeniatus

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Centropyge flavissima

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Centropyge flavissima

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Cephalopholis argus

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Cephalopholis urodeta

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Chaetodon bennetti

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Chromis dimidiata

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Gnathodentex aureolineatus

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Gymnothorax buroensis

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Myripristis violacea

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Paracirrhites forsteri

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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

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Scarus scaber

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Siphamia fuscolineata

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Stegastes nigricans

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Stegastes nigricans

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Thalassoma lunare

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Gymnothorax observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 26,417 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.