New identification of the moray eel Gymnothorax minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) in China (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae)

• Main Authors: Li, Yuan, Zhang, Liyan, Zhao, Linlin, Feng, Ji, Loh, Kar Hoe, Zheng, Xin Qing, Lin, Long Shan
• Format: Article
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21477/; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.752.24231

A new identification of Gymnothorax minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) is documented based on morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding. Sixty-one individuals of G. minor were collected from the East China Sea and the South China Sea. This species was previously reported as Gymnothorax reti...