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Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1864

Lipspot moray
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Australia country information

Common names: Lipspot moray, White-lipped reef-eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref: Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Scott Reef, W.A. and Lizard Is. to Capricorn Group, Qld. (Ref. 7300); also from Lord Howe I. (Ref. 8879) and from the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 2334, 33390. Also found in Queensland and Timor Sea reefs (Ref. 90102).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 1 - 45 m (Ref. 11441), usually ? - 5 m.   Tropical

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