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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); pseudoherrei: Named for its superficial similarity to and confusion with Gymnothorax herrei Beebe & Tee-Van (1933).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 22 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Maldive Is. and Sri Lanka to Thailand, Indonesia, northern Australia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Palau, and the Solomon Is.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 132087)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vertebre: 111 - 116. This species is small size in size (to about 20.0 cm TL) is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal-fin origin is before the gill opening; maxillary teeth are biserial; branchial pores 2; total vertebrae 111-116. Colouration: body plain brown, without dark grooves on throat and posterior part of head (Ref. 132087).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Found in coral reefs in 1-15 m (Ref 90102); in shallow water, but with the deepest collection site at 22 m. This small species is distinctly smaller than Gymnothorax arabicus, largest of 84 specimens reported by Böhlke (2000) was only 18.2 cm TL while the living individual from Sri Lanka (USNM 451459) measures approximately 20.0 cm, it has not grown beyond this size in four years. Reported length of a ripe female was 12.3 cm TL, and a specimen of 14.8 cm TL (USNM 210269) was noticeably swollen and contained large eggs (Ref. 132087).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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