This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huang, Wen-Chien, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Chen, Hong-Ming (2022): Gymnothorax poikilospilus, a new moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Penghu Islands, western Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189 (1): 87-102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.11

Abstract

Gymnothorax poikilospilus sp. nov. is described based on two specimens collected from Penghu Islands, western Taiwan. It is a medium-sized brown moray that body covered with several rows of inconspicuous large dark brown patches on the back of body and dorsal fin. It has slightly elongated and arched jaws similar to the common characteristic of the genus Enchelycore Kaup, but the dentition supports it belongs to typical morays of the genus Gymnothorax Bloch. The new species can be distinguished from other similar Indo-Pacific brown morays by the combination of dentition, vertebral formula, and morphometric measurements. Molecular analyses based on 612 bp of mitochondrial COI gene also support it as a distinct species.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ecbfe64e-645f-4f3b-83c4-79ad254befc3
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFD5FFE7575DA316FF90FFBCFFA2ED02
Citation: Huang W, Loh K, Chen H, plazi (2022). Gymnothorax poikilospilus, a new moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Penghu Islands, western Taiwan. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/csm46b accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.