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Gymnothorax

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae

Taxonomy
Gymnothorax was named by Bloch (1795). It is extant.

It was assigned to Muraenidae by Stinton and Nolf (1970), Nolf (1972), Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Gymnothorax Bloch
1970Gymnothorax Stinton and Nolf p. 220
1972Gymnothorax Nolf p. 139
2012Gymnothorax Fierstine et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyMuraenidae
genusGymnothoraxBloch 1795

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gymnothorax Bloch 1795
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†Gymnothorax diagonalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Gymnothorax mordax Ayres 1859
Gymnothorax octavianus Myers and Wade 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available