Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Anguilliformes > Family Muraenidae > Subfamily Muraeninae > Genus Gymnothorax

Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gymnothorax*	Bloch, 1795	accepted genus name
*Muraenophis*	Lacepède, 1803	synonym
*Pseudomuraena*	Johnson, 1862	synonym
*Thyrsoidea*	Kaup, 1856	synonym

Species group names

*Muraenophis unicolor*	Delaroche, 1809	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Μουγκροσμέρνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: ניבן חד-גוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kahverengi muren baligi

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Gymnothorax unicolor, St Helena, by Wirtz, P.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126301