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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Enchelycore: Greek, enchelys, = eel + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335).
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 60 m (Ref. 58047). Subtropical; 40°N - 17°S, 32°W - 35°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena Islands including record from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (Ref. 3256), Greece (Ref. 43448) and Cyprus (Ref. 95695).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5288)

Occasional among rocks and rubble to depths of at least 10 m. They stay concealed among rocks, waiting for prey to come along. Are active predators which feed on crustaceans and fish (Ref. 5377). Possibly consumed in subsistence fisheries (Ref. 3254).

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Smith, D.G., 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474:1-64. (Ref. 92337)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.4 - 20.1, mean 19.8 °C (based on 14 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00050 (0.00025 - 0.00101), b=3.26 (3.10 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 43 [26, 85] mg/100g; Iron = 0.798 [0.453, 1.327] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.248 [0.111, 0.634] g/100g; Selenium = 35.8 [18.4, 77.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.77 [2.53, 31.31] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.572 [0.422, 0.812] mg/100g (wet weight);

Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838)