Gymnothorax reticularis

Last updated

Gymnothorax reticularis
Gymnothorax reticularis.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Species:
G. reticularis
Binomial name
Gymnothorax reticularis
Bloch, 1795

Gymnothorax reticularis is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. [1] A single specimen was reported in 2013 in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel. [2] It was first named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1795, [1] and is commonly known as the dusky-banded moray, reticulated moray, net moray, or the spotted moray. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-spotted puffer</span> Species of fish

The white-spotted puffer fish is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that become concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The ventral part is white. The "shoulder" is dark. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The white spotted puffer fish is poisonous.

<i>Pampus argenteus</i> Species of fish

Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret, is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. The species has been recently reported once in the central Mediterranean Sea. As it is not known in the Red Sea, its mode of introduction may be via ballast water.

<i>Pterois miles</i> Species of fish

Pterois miles, the devil firefish or common lionfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the western Indo-Pacific region. It is frequently confused with its close relative, the red lionfish. The scientific name is from Greek pteron, meaning "wing", and Latin miles, meaning "soldier".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spot-fin porcupinefish</span> Species of fish

The spot-fin porcupinefish, also known as the spotted porcupinefish, black-spotted porcupinefish or simply porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fangtooth moray</span> Species of fish

The fangtooth moray sometimes also known as tiger moray or bird-eye conger is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae found in warmer parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands, Madeira and various other islands. It entered the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic and is now found occasionally in the eastern Basin, from Levantine waters and off Turkey, Greece, Croatia and Sicily.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lipspot moray eel</span> Species of fish

The lipspot moray eel, also known as the textile moray, white-lipped moray or white-lipped reef eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.

The drab moray is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1856, and is also commonly known as the brown moray, monochrome moray, monotone moray, or plain moray eel.

<i>Gymnothorax rueppelliae</i> Species of fish

Gymnothorax rueppelliae, the banded moray, banded reef-eel, Rüppell's moray, Rüppell's moray eel, black barred eel, yellow-headed moray eel or yellow-headed moray, is a moray eel found in tropical coral reefs. Gymnothorax rueppelliae is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with 16-21 dark bars on the body, a bright yellow head and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth. They differ from the Gymnothorax pikei, a close relative that lives Papua New Guinea. They have fewer vomerine teeth. They also reach a maximum length of 80 cm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brown moray eel</span> Species of fish

The brown moray eel, Gymnothorax unicolor, is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean. It was first named by Delaroche in 1809.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barred-fin moray</span> Species of fish

The barred-fin moray or bar-tail moray is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">So-iuy mullet</span> Species of fish

The so-iuy mullet, also known as the haarder, redlip mullet or so-iny mullet, is a species of fish in the family Mugilidae.

<i>Pisodonophis semicinctus</i> Species of fish

Pisodonophis semicinctus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. First described by John Richardson in 1848., it is a marine, subtropical eel which is known in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to Angola. It was first recorded in the Mediterranean Sea in 1958 off Algeria and is now found on both shores of the western Basin. It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 30 m and inhabits the continental shelf, where it forms burrows in sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 cm, but more commonly reach a TL of 60 cm.

<i>Ostorhinchus fasciatus</i> Species of fish

Ostorhinchus fasciatus, commonly known as the broad-banded cardinalfish, is a marine fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans which is a Lessepsian migrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, it was first recorded off Israel in 2008 and has now reached the southern coast of Turkey. It has a number of vernacular names including barred striped cardinalfish, four-banded soldier-fish, striped cardinalfish and twostripe cardinalfish.

<i>Terapon puta</i> Species of fish

Terapon puta, the spiny-checked grunter, three-lined grunter, small-scaled banded grunter, small-scaled terapon, squeaking perch or two-lined grunter, is a species of fish from the Indo-Pacific region, it is a member of the grunter family, Terapontidae. It has also spread into the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal, a process known as Lessepsian migration.

<i>Jaydia smithi</i> Species of fish

Jaydia smithi, Smith's cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, a member of the family Apogonidae. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by way of the Suez Canal since 2007.

<i>Cheilodipterus novemstriatus</i> Species of fish

Cheilodipterus novemstriatus, the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Indian Ocean, which is a member of the family Apogonidae. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by way of the Suez Canal since 2011.

<i>Hemiramphus far</i> Species of fish

Hemiramphus far, the halfbeak, black-barred halfbeak, black-barred garfish, barred halfbeak, barred garfish or spotted halfbeak, is a schooling marine fish in the family Hemiramphidae. It has an Indo-Pacific distribution and has invaded the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.

Hyporhamphus affinis, the tropical halfbeak, tropical garfish, insular halfbeak or coral reef halfbeak, is a species of schooling marine fish from the family Hemiramphidae. It is distributed through the Indo-Pacific regions and has been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea which it reached through the Suez Canal.

<i>Herklotsichthys punctatus</i> Species of fish

Herklotsichthys punctatus, the spotback herring or spotted herring, is a species of herring from the family Clupeidae. Is is endemic to the Red Sea and likely entered the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal and is now common on the Levantine Basin.

The smooth sandeel is a species of sand eel in the family Ammodytidae.

References

  1. 1 2 Gymnothorax reticularis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Gymnothorax reticularis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Gymnothorax_reticularis.pdf
  3. Common names for Gymnothorax reticularis at www.fishbase.org.