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Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch, 1795

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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Moray eel, Netted Moray, Reticulated moray eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Lobster Bay, Cape D'Aguilar (Ref. 33067). Also reported from Hoi Ha Wan and Tung Ping Chau (Ref. 94637). Juveniles also recorded from Lai Chi Chong (Ref. 125536). Sold in live fish markets (Ref. 125552). Used as traditional Chinese medicine (Ref. 128523). Also Ref. 119714, 125586, 126271, 129329.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 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: Bloch.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 56 m (Ref. 99978).   Tropical

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