Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A benthic species (Ref. 58302, 75154) found in coral reefs (Ref. 75154).
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Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 150:203-278. (Ref. 35990)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35990&speccode=55168
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Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: northern Hawaiian Islands and Midway Atoll.
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Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 150:203-278. (Ref. 35990)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35990&speccode=55168
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Red Sea, Western Pacific: Southern Japan, Lord Howe Island, Hawaiian Islands Chain (Pearl and Hermes Reefs to Midway Atoll).
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Physical Description
Morphology
Vertebrae: 127 - 133
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Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 150:203-278. (Ref. 35990)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35990&speccode=55168
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Size
Max. size
20.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 35990))
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Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 150:203-278. (Ref. 35990)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35990&speccode=55168
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
demersal; marine; depth range ? - 8 m (Ref. 35990)
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Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall 2000 A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 150:203-278. (Ref. 35990)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35990&speccode=55168
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Wikipedia
Gymnothorax atolli
Gymnothorax atolli is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[1] It was first named by Pietschmann in 1935,[1] and is commonly known as the Atoll moray.[2]
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