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Gymnothorax mareei Poll, 1953

Spotjaw moray
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Gymnothorax mareei
Juvenile picture by Wirtz, P.


Sao Tome and Principe country information

Common names: Moreia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from São Tomé Island based on collection and photograph by DOP in Lagoa Azul, in a reef hole in 5 m (DOP - ICT 1007-2000, 1: 398 m SL) (Ref. 34088). In range Ref. 4450.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Afonso, P., F.M. Porteiro, R.S. Santos, J.P. Barreiros, J. Worms and P. Wirtz, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 25 m (Ref. 2683).   Tropical; 14°N - 17°S

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