California moray  (Gymnothorax mordax)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->

      • Anguillidae - Eels->
      • Muraenidae - Moray eels->

        • Muraena - Moray eels->
        • Echidna - Echidna->
        • Gymnothorax - Gymnothorax->

          • Green moray (Gymnothorax funebris)
          • Goldentail moray (Gymnothorax miliaris)
          • Purplemouth moray (Gymnothorax vicinus)
          • Yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus)
          • Gymnothorax undulatus (Gymnothorax undulatus)
          • Laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)
          • Fimbriated moray (Gymnothorax fimbriatus)
          • Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus)
          • Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
          • Turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)
          • Spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa)
          • Yellowmouth moray (Gymnothorax nudivomer)
          • Dark moray (Gymnothorax afer)
          • Whitemargin moray (Gymnothorax albimarginatus)
          • Narrowtail moray (Gymnothorax angusticauda)
          • Gymnothorax angusticeps (Gymnothorax angusticeps)
          • Gymnothorax annasona (Gymnothorax annasona)
          • Ringed moray (Gymnothorax annulatus)
          • Atoll moray (Gymnothorax atolli)
          • South Pacific moray (Gymnothorax australicola)
          • Southern moray (Gymnothorax austrinus)
          • Canary moray (Gymnothorax bacalladoi)
          • Barane’s moray (Gymnothorax baranesi)
          • Deep-dwelling moray (Gymnothorax bathyphilus)
          • Y-patterned moray (Gymnothorax berndti)
          • Blackcheek moray (Gymnothorax breedeni)
          • Vagrant moray (Gymnothorax buroensis)
          • Panamic green moray (Gymnothorax castaneus)
          • Castle’s moray (Gymnothorax castlei)
          • Head-spot moray (Gymnothorax cephalospilus)
          • Lipspot moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus)
          • Banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus)
          • Saddled moray (Gymnothorax conspersus)
          • Sieve-patterned moray (Gymnothorax cribroris)
          • Flores mud moray (Gymnothorax davidsmithi)
          • Finespotted moray (Gymnothorax dovii)
          • Elegant moray (Gymnothorax elegans)
          • Gymnothorax emmae (Gymnothorax emmae)
          • Enigmatic moray (Gymnothorax enigmaticus)
          • Spottail moray (Gymnothorax equatorialis)
          • Abbott’s moray eel (Gymnothorax eurostus)
          • Gymnothorax eurygnathos (Gymnothorax eurygnathos)
          • Yellow-edged moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus)
          • Gymnothorax flavoculus (Gymnothorax flavoculus)
          • Gymnothorax formosus (Gymnothorax formosus)
          • Brown spotted moray (Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus)
          • Slendertail moray (Gymnothorax gracilicauda)
          • Gymnothorax hansi (Gymnothorax hansi)
          • Liver-colored moray eel (Gymnothorax hepaticus)
          • Herre’s moray (Gymnothorax herrei)
          • Lichen moray (Gymnothorax hubbsi)
          • Gymnothorax intesi (Gymnothorax intesi)
          • Gymnothorax isingteena (Gymnothorax isingteena)
          • Whitespotted moray (Gymnothorax johnsoni)
          • Kidako moray (Gymnothorax kidako)
          • Blacktail moray (Gymnothorax kolpos)
          • Short-tooth moray (Gymnothorax kontodontos)
          • Nasal-flap moray (Gymnothorax longinaris)
          • Gymnothorax longinquus (Gymnothorax longinquus)
          • Sharktooth moray (Gymnothorax maderensis)
          • Spotjaw moray (Gymnothorax mareei)
          • Blotch-necked moray (Gymnothorax margaritophorus)
          • Marshall Islands moray (Gymnothorax marshallensis)
          • Gymnothorax mccoskeri (Gymnothorax mccoskeri)
          • Oman moray (Gymnothorax megaspilus)
          • Gymnothorax melanosomatus (Gymnothorax melanosomatus)
          • Dwarf moray (Gymnothorax melatremus)
          • Smallspot moray (Gymnothorax microstictus)
          • Gymnothorax minor (Gymnothorax minor)
          • Moluccan moray (Gymnothorax moluccensis)
          • Drab moray (Gymnothorax monochrous)
          • One-spot moray (Gymnothorax monostigma)
          • California moray (Gymnothorax mordax)
          • Easter island moray (Gymnothorax nasuta)
          • Gymnothorax neglectus (Gymnothorax neglectus)
          • Blackedge moray (Gymnothorax nigromarginatus)
          • Snowflake-patched moray (Gymnothorax niphostigmus)
          • Grey moray (Gymnothorax nubilus)
          • Gymnothorax nuttingi (Gymnothorax nuttingi)
          • Griffin’s moray (Gymnothorax obesus)
          • Ocellated moray (Gymnothorax ocellatus)
          • Masked moray (Gymnothorax panamensis)
          • Gymnothorax parini (Gymnothorax parini)
          • Reticulated moray (Gymnothorax paucivertebralis)
          • Gymnothorax phalarus (Gymnothorax phalarus)
          • Pharaoh’s moray (Gymnothorax pharaonis)
          • Ghost moray (Gymnothorax phasmatodes)
          • Philippines moray (Gymnothorax philippinus)
          • Paintspotted moray (Gymnothorax pictus)
          • Pike’s moray (Gymnothorax pikei)
          • Pinda moray (Gymnothorax pindae)
          • Variegated moray eel (Gymnothorax poikilospilus)
          • Polygon moray (Gymnothorax polygonius)
          • Gymnothorax polyspondylus (Gymnothorax polyspondylus)
          • Freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
          • Lowfin moray (Gymnothorax porphyreus)
          • Australian mottled moray (Gymnothorax prionodon)
          • Gymnothorax prismodon (Gymnothorax prismodon)
          • Gymnothorax prolatus (Gymnothorax prolatus)
          • False brown moray (Gymnothorax pseudoherrei)
          • False black body moray eel (Gymnothorax pseudomelanosomatus)
          • Highfin moray (Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus)
          • Bengal low-fin moray (Gymnothorax pseudotile)
          • Bars’n spots moray (Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus)
          • Red Sea whitespotted moray (Gymnothorax punctatus)
          • Randall’s moray (Gymnothorax randalli)
          • Reeve’s moray (Gymnothorax reevesii)
          • Gymnothorax reticularis (Gymnothorax reticularis)
          • Richardson’s moray (Gymnothorax richardsonii)
          • Robins’ moray (Gymnothorax robinsi)
          • Banded moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae)
          • Gymnothorax sagenodeta (Gymnothorax sagenodeta)
          • Gymnothorax sagmacephalus (Gymnothorax sagmacephalus)
          • Honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax saxicola)
          • Gymnothorax serratidens (Gymnothorax serratidens)
          • Gymnothorax shaoi (Gymnothorax shaoi)
          • Indian white spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax smithi)
          • Gymnothorax sokotrensis (Gymnothorax sokotrensis)
          • Steindachner’s moray eel (Gymnothorax steindachneri)
          • Taiwanese moray eel (Gymnothorax taiwanensis)
          • Greyface moray (Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)
          • Indian mud moray (Gymnothorax tile)
          • Brown moray (Gymnothorax unicolor)
          • Gymnothorax vagrans (Gymnothorax vagrans)
          • White-edged moray (Gymnothorax verrilli)
          • Gymnothorax visakhaensis (Gymnothorax visakhaensis)
          • Gymnothorax walvisensis (Gymnothorax walvisensis)
          • Woodward’s moray (Gymnothorax woodwardi)
          • Y-bar moray (Gymnothorax ypsilon)
          • Barredfin moray (Gymnothorax zonipectis)
        • Gymnomuraena - Zebra moray->
        • Anarchias - Anarchias->
        • Channomuraena - Channomuraena->
        • Enchelycore - Enchelycore->
        • Enchelynassa - Enchelynassa->
        • Cirrimaxilla - Cirrimaxilla->
        • Diaphenchelys - Diaphenchelys->
        • Monopenchelys - Monopenchelys->
        • Rhinomuraena - Rhinomuraena->
        • Pseudechidna - Pseudechidna->
        • Uropterygius - Uropterygius->
        • Scuticaria - Scuticaria->
        • Strophidon - Strophidon->
      • Congridae - Conger and garden eels->
      • Ophichthidae - Snake Eels->
      • Chlopsidae - False morays->
      • Colocongridae - Short-tail eels->
      • Derichthyidae - Longneck eels->
      • Heterenchelyidae - Mud eels->
      • Moringuidae - Worm or spaghetti eels->
      • Muraenesocidae - Pike congers->
      • Myrocongridae - Atlantic red eels->
      • Nemichthyidae - Snipe eels->
      • Nettastomatidae - Duckbill eels->
      • Protanguillidae - Protoanguillids->
      • Serrivomeridae - Sawtooth eels->
      • Synaphobranchidae - Cutthroat eels->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->