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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bennett.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 50 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 28°S
Indo-Pacific: Madagascar (Ref. 33390) to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan (Ref. 559), south to Queensland, Australia; throughout Micronesia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 93.4 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 121652); 87.2 cm TL (female); peso máximo publicado: 1.5 kg (Ref. 121652); peso máximo publicado: 1.5 kg
Vértebra: 128 - 142. Adults pale with small black spots on face; black spots proportionally much larger in young (Ref. 30404).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: oval.
Occurs in lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602, 48635). Prefers protected inshore waters among dead corals, common in harbors and small caves (Ref. 30404). Probably nocturnal (Ref. 1602). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 9710). Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32169). Current age of a captive individual is 18 years, which exceeds 100 cm and approximately 10 lbs (owner Mark Palermo, pers. comm. 07/12). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Protogyny unconfirmed (Ref. 84746).
Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao and C.T. Chen, 1994. A review of the muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zool. Stud. 33(1):44-64. (Ref. 6934)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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=0.00039 (0.00026 - 0.00057), b=3.32 (3.21 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (57 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 27.2 [15.0, 53.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.418 [0.251, 0.797] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 22] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.052, 0.306] g/100g; Selenium = 42.3 [22.5, 82.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58.3 [17.1, 206.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.74, 1.47] mg/100g (wet weight); |