Gymnothorax longinquus (Whitley, 1948) (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae), Long Moray: a first record from Malaysia

By

Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz
Nor, Siti Azizah Mohd
Seah, Ying Giat
Ali, Mohd Sharol
Abdul Latiff, Nur Athirah
Mat Jaafar, Tun Nurul Aimi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-1-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

126--131

Subjects

Distribution , exclusive economic zone , moray-eel , new record , South China Sea

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.126

 

Abstract

We report the first record of Gymnothorax longinquus (Whitley, 1948), Long Moray, (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae), from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A single specimen was collected during a bottom-trawl survey in the exclusive economic zone off Malaysia in the South China Sea. Gymnothorax longinquus was previously recorded from populations in Australia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam. We present detailed morphometric and meristic data, along with brief diagnostic characters.