Gymnothorax baranesi Smith, Brokovich & Einbinder, 2008
Barane's moray
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Gymnothorax baranesi
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); baranesi: Named for Dr. Albert (Avi) Baranes, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Eponymy: Dr Albert ‘Avi’ Baranes (d: 1949) was born in Alexandria, Egypt. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); baranesi: Named for Dr. Albert (Avi) Baranes, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Eponymy: Dr Albert ‘Avi’ Baranes (d: 1949) was born in Alexandria, Egypt. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 74922). Deep-water
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Western Indian Ocean: Israel (Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba).
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 137 - 142. This moderately large species of moray is distinguished by the following characters: color pattern irregular, complex, rosette-like pale spots on a brown background, the spots becoming smaller on head; intermaxillary teeth in one peripheral and one median row; 1-2 rows of maxillary teeth, the inner one, when present, has two depressible teeth; mandibular teeth in one row; vertebrae 6-7, 52-55, 137-142 (Ref. 74922).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
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Main reference
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Smith, D.G., E. Brokovich and S. Einbinder, 2008. Gymnothorax baranesi, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes:Muraenidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 1678:63-68. (Ref. 74922)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | 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). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈 |