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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 1 - 15 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 129614)
Vértebra: 146. This species is distinguished by the following characters: moderately elongate and unpatterned, with a narrow tail and anus at about mid-body, preanal length 1.8-2.1 times in TL; head 8.0-9.9 in TL; body depth at gill opening 15-19 in TL; teeth uniserial, short, and blade-like with serrations on lower margins; mean vertebral formula 4-61-144; body is uniformly yellowish gray with white margin on dorsal and anal fins; head pores distinctly white in color (Ref. 129614).
Cross section: oval.
Collected in less than 0.5 m (Ref. 10713). Usually in sand and mud bottoms to at least 15 m (Ref 90102).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Smith, D.G., Y. Hibino and H.-C. Ho, 2018. Two new elongate unpatterned moray eels from Taiwan and Vietnam, with notes on two congeners (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 4454(1):33-42. (Ref. 129614)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 22.5 - 28.4, mean 27.1 °C (based on 666 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00047 (0.00025 - 0.00088), b=3.28 (3.13 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
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