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Gymnothorax arabicus Smith, Bogorodsky, Dandar & Zajonz, 2024

Arabian false brown moray
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 17 m (Ref. 132087). Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

West Indian Ocean: from the Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Socotra Archipelago

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 132087)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 114 - 120. This species is distinguished by the following characters: small size, less than about 30.0 cm TL; with dorsal-fin origin before gill opening; maxillary teeth are biserial; branchial pores 2; total vertebrae is 114-120. Colouration: body plain brown, with dark grooves on throat and posterior part of head; tail at tip is dark yellow, becoming uniform brown in large adults (Ref. 132087).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs in coastal coral habitats, deep in crevices and is very rarely seen at night (Ref. 132087).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fonti Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (19 of 100).