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Gymnomuraena zebra

Va‘aroa Ngutu-poto (AK)

Zebra Moray

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Zebra Moray; German Zebra-Muräne; French Murène Zébrée

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Va‘aroa Ngutu-poto (AK), Pusi Lele (TS), Pusi Rere (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies, Hawai‘i - tropical America; n. to s.Japan; s. to Samoa - Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, reef-moat and outer reef-slope

KEY FEATURES: To 150cm TL.(RM91) [ 150cm - GBR]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
-
-
^P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)
SYNONYMS: Echidna zebra; Gymnothorax zebra [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Anguilliformes; Muraenoidei; MURAENIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM.

References:
text p.42 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 9d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.35 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.54 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 5-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 7-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 133 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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