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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); pseudokidako: Name from Greek word 'pseudēs' (false) and species name 'kidako', referring to the highly morphological similarity to G. kidako; noun in apposition.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade ? - 100 m (Ref. 123899). Tropical
Western Pacific: Taiwan and the Philippines.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 104 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 123899); 88.3 cm TL (female)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vértebras: 134 - 139. This moderately sized moray is distinguished by the following characters: body stout, anus slightly anterior to mid-body; teeth mostly uniserial, smaller individuals with an additional inner row of maxillary teeth, vomerine teeth sometimes in a staggered row; vertebrae, predorsal 4-7, preanal 53-57, total 134-139. Colouration: dark brown covered by pale spots; spots usually gathering into snowflake-like blotches on trunk, tail, fins, and posterior part of head, scattered evenly on snout and lips; a distinct saddle-like marking of ground color on top of head between eyes and origin of dorsal fin; fins without pale margin; throat grooves, gill opening, and corner of mouth darkish; Iris of eyes yellowish or reddish brown (Ref. 123899).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao, 2021. Two new moray eels of genera Diaphenchelys and Gymnothorax (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 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). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (60 of 100). 🛈 |