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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Muraena: Latin, muraena = morey eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: According to Eschmeyer’s description of the scorpionfish “…the name is from Greek mythology, Helena sister of Castor” -a reference to Helen of Troy. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Linnaeus.
Taxonomic Remarks
Type species of genus.
Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856) is considered as a valid species by Jiménez et al. (2007: Ref. 58348). Page to be created soon.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 801 m (Ref. 58348), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 58348). Subtropical; 52°N - 13°N, 32°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: from the the British Isles to Senegal and the Mediterranean.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 75.5, range 69 - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12382); common length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); peso máximo publicado: 6.5 kg (Ref. 58348); edad máxima reportada: 38 años (Ref. 58348)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
A nocturnal and territorial species (Ref. 12382), commonly lurking in holes, and writhing snakelike through crevices, under rocks or corals (Ref. 58348). Feeds on fish, crabs and squid (Ref. 12382). It seldom attacks unless provoked (Ref. 3256). A gonochoristic species (Ref. 32169). Utilized fresh and eaten broiled, boiled and baked; the skin can be used for leather (Ref. 9987).
Migrate to offshore waters to spawn (Ref. 98745).
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Traumatogenic (Ref. 4690)
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00055 (0.00047 - 0.00064), b=3.27 (3.23 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.2 ±0.61 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (tmax=38.1; tm=7.1; K=0.078). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (79 of 100). 🛈 |
Vulnerabilidad climática (Ref. 125649) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Low.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 11.6 [5.8, 23.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.433 [0.231, 0.841] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.0, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.193 [0.077, 0.603] g/100g; Selenium = 40.8 [19.0, 84.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.5 [12.0, 154.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.452 [0.295, 0.682] mg/100g (wet weight); |