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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Captain John Melmoth Dow (1827–1892) was an American naturalist and explorer, in addition to being a ship’s master and shipping agent. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 36 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 10°N - 2°S
Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica to Colombia, including the Galapagos Islands. Also in the Gulf of California (Ref. 35581).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 170 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5227)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Benthic between rocks and on sand and mud substrates. Lurks in holes, crevices and dark recesses. Constantly opens and closes its mouth--an action required for respiration, not a threat (Ref. 5227).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1995. Muraenidae. Morenas. p. 1303-1315. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9324)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00047 (0.00025 - 0.00088), b=3.28 (3.12 - 3.44), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (81 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 19.9 [10.1, 33.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.376 [0.215, 0.867] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.6, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0888 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 50.7 [25.9, 101.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 45.8 [12.4, 160.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.822 [0.571, 1.177] mg/100g (wet weight); |