Gymnothorax neglectus
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Gymnothorax neglectus
- Scientific name
- Gymnothorax neglectus
- Japanese name
- ミゾレウツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Gymnothorax
A fish that lives along the Pacific coast from Wakayama southward and in the East China Sea, as far as Taiwan.
How the Gymnothorax neglectus lives
It lives in deep water.
沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast south of Wakayama Prefecture, East China Sea to Taiwan
Where the Gymnothorax neglectus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ミゾレウツボChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — ミゾレウツボChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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