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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); longinaris: Name from Latin ‘longinaris’ meaning long nostril, referring to the elongate posterior nasal appendages.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 18 m (Ref. 123128). Tropical
Western Pacific: Indonesia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.7 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123128)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished by the following characters: small, moderately robust with body length slightly less than tail length; posterior nostril encased within an unusual elongate dermal flap, its length 7.1 in HL; dorsal fin origin anterior to level of gill opening; vertebral count relatively low, total vertebrae 117. Colouration: in life pale reddish brown on upper two-thirds and white below, with 14, broad dark brown bars, pale spaces between bars and adjacent pale areas of dorsal fin profusely covered with red-brown spotting; dorsal fin with 14, white-edged black bars, appearing as ocelli, when viewed from dorsally (Ref. 123128).
Cross section: oval.
Collected at night in coral reef habitat at a depth of 18 m (Ref. 123128).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Allen, G.R., M.V. Erdmann and A.B. Sianipar, 2018. Descriptions of two new species of moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) from northwestern Flores, Indonesia. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 24(2):37-46. (Ref. 123128)
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=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.7 ±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 to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |