FB-1104 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1104 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Ophichthus Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) Caramuru dourado Moréia Moréia banana Moreia dourada Moreia-dourada Moréia-dourada Muréna žlutoocasá Bastard eel Conger moray Goldentail moray Kuldsaba-silepeamureen Murène dorée Morena Morena cola dorada Morena de cola dorada Morena dorada Culebra rabu di oro Kolebra Kolebra rabu di oro Moreia mansa Xita 稷裸胸鱔 稷裸胸鳝 野裸胸鱔 野裸胸鳝 金尾海鱔 金尾海鳝 Gymnothorax elaboratus (Poey, 1860) Gymnothorax flavopictus (Kaup, 1856) Gymnothorax irregularis (Kaup, 1856) Gymnothorax scriptus Poey, 1867 Lycodontis elaboratus (Poey, 1860) Lycodontis flavopictus (Kaup, 1856) Lycodontis irregularis (Kaup, 1856) Lycodontis miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Muraena aurea Mowbray, 1931 Muraena elaborata Poey, 1860 Muraena flavopicta (Kaup, 1856) Muraena irregularis (Kaup, 1856) Muraena miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Muraena milliaris (Kaup, 1856) Muraena multiocellata Poey, 1860 Muraena myrialeucostictus Fowler, 1912 Muraena trinitatis Miranda Ribeiro, 1919 Murenophis miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Sidera elaborata (Poey, 1860) Sidera miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Thrysoidea miliaris Kaup, 1856 Thyrsoidea flavopicta Kaup, 1856 Thyrsoidea irregularis Kaup, 1856 1990-10-17 2007-02-12 Randall, J.E.0 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. 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Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2003-01-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting coral reefs and rocky shorelines. Usually at depths of 60 m (Ref. 26938). One of the most common and easily recognized morays of the West Indian reefs, active during the day and sometimes hunting together with other predators (Ref. 42064). This species has been called Muraena miliaris (Ref. 26938). Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814) FB-DiagnosticDescr-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-01-15 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dark brown with numerous yellow dots, smallest on head and largest toward end of tail where they are irregular and confluent (Ref. 13442). Stout moray with a short blunt snout. Tip of tail always pale, usually deep yellow in life. Posterior nostril in short tube (Ref. 26938). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2022-05-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and southeast Brazil (Ref. 42064). Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121), Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena islands (Ref. 4450). Also mid-Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-Uses-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2003-01-27 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Cervigón, F. and W. Fischer 1979 INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interes economico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 6077) Sadovy, Y. 1992 A preliminary assessment of the marine aquarium export trade in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam, Vol. 2, p. 1014-1021. (Ref. 12090) FB-LifeCycle-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2003-01-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=1103&StockCode=1119 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous (Ref. 35581). Charter, S.R. and H.G. Moser 1996 Muraenidae: morays. p. 88-91. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 35581) FB-TrophicStrategy-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-03-23 00:00:00 2007-10-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public miliaris http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Inhabits coral reefs and rocky shorelines. Usually at depths of 60 m (Ref. 26938). One of the most common and easily recognized morays of the West Indian reefs, active during the day and sometimes hunting together with other predators (Ref. 42064). This species has been called Muraena miliaris (Ref. 26938). Carnivore (Ref. 57616). da Silva Monteiro, V.M. 1998 Peixes de Cabo Verde. Ministério do Mar, Gabinete do Secretário de Estado da Cultura. M2-Artes Gráficas, Lda., Lisbon. 179p. (Ref. 37413) FB-Size-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2003-01-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4450)) Smith, D.G. and E.B. Böhlke 1990 Muraenidae. p. 136-148. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4450) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1103 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2003-01-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1103 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 9710), usually 0 - 35 m (Ref. 40849) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter 2001 The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656. (Ref. 40849)