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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Enchelycore: Greek, enchelys, = eel + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335); propinqua: Name from Latin word ‘propinquus’ (feminine propinqua) means alike, resembling, close, akin, allied, or similar, referring to its resemblance in coloration and tooth pattern with some Anarchias species, and thus the name.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: India.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 116168)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vertebre: 120. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters:; anus at about mid-point of the body; snout blunt; eyes small and slightly closer to tip of snout than to rictus; jaws are slightly arched, mouth not entirely closed when jaw tips meet; dorsal-fin origin considerably behind the gill opening, but well before level of anus; teeth are sharply pointed, recurved; biserial intermaxillary and maxillary teeth, those of inner row larger and more widely spaced than outer row; two fang-like median intermaxillary teeth, 6 large fang-like vomerine teeth; dentary teeth biserial with the inner row more widely spaced than outer one; pre-dorsal vertebrae 20, pre-anal vertebrae 51, total vertebrae 120. Colouration: body reddish brown mottled with irregular creamy white spots along entire length; slightly darker cross bands dorsally alternating with paler interspaces, distinct in anterior part (Ref. 116168).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Mohapatra, A., D.G. Smith, S.R. Mohanty, S.S. Mishra and P.C. Tudu, 2017. Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., a new moral eel (Anguiliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3). (Ref. 116168)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00049 (0.00024 - 0.00099), b=3.26 (3.09 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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