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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique. Subtropical
Distribution
Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 129614)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 169. This species which is a member of the Gymnothorax prolatus group is distinguished by the following set of characters: tail 46.3% TL; head 11.4% TL; predorsal length 8.2% TL; body depth 3.5% TL; snout 17.8% HL; maxillary teeth are biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly; vertebrae in predorsal 6, preanal 78, total 169; body uniformly dark brown with lips whitish (Ref. 129614).
The collecting depth is unknown, but the specimen was caught as bycatch in a trawl of Sakura shrimp, Lucensosergia lucens (Ref. 129614).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: d'intérêt potentiel
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00048 (0.00025 - 0.00091), b=3.28 (3.12 - 3.44), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).