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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); pseudoherrei: Named for its superficial similarity to and confusion with Gymnothorax herrei Beebe & Tee-Van (1933).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 22 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Maldive Is. and Sri Lanka to Thailand, Indonesia, northern Australia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Palau, and the Solomon Is.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 132087)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 111 - 116. This species is small size in size (to about 20.0 cm TL) is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal-fin origin is before the gill opening; maxillary teeth are biserial; branchial pores 2; total vertebrae 111-116. Colouration: body plain brown, without dark grooves on throat and posterior part of head (Ref. 132087).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Found in coral reefs in 1-15 m (Ref 90102); in shallow water, but with the deepest collection site at 22 m. This small species is distinctly smaller than Gymnothorax arabicus, largest of 84 specimens reported by Böhlke (2000) was only 18.2 cm TL while the living individual from Sri Lanka (USNM 451459) measures approximately 20.0 cm, it has not grown beyond this size in four years. Reported length of a ripe female was 12.3 cm TL, and a specimen of 14.8 cm TL (USNM 210269) was noticeably swollen and contained large eggs (Ref. 132087).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Smith, D.G., S.V. Bogorodsky, J. Dandar and U. Zajonz, 2024. A new species of short unpatterned moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)
from the northwestern Indian Ocean, including the Socotra Archipelago, with a
redescription of Gymnothorax pseudoherrei Böhlke. Zootaxa 5477(4):465-474. (Ref. 132087)
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): 26.2 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 1527 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): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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