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

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.126
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 126 – 131

Abstract

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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.

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