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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 145 m (Ref. 5288). Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and islands of Bay of Biafra (Ref. 4450); Ascension I. (Ref. 98447).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 132 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 104752); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 750.00 g (Ref. 40637)
Mottled greenish or brown overall, often with darker flecks. Anal and caudal fins have white margins that continue onto rear third and sometimes entire length of dorsal fin (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting rocky shores and reefs where water is clear. Most active at night (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5217). May cause serious wounds (Ref. 5217). Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Traumatogenic (Ref. 5217)
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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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=0.00056 (0.00036 - 0.00087), b=3.26 (3.13 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
4.3 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 13.6 [6.8, 27.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.444 [0.240, 0.866] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.2, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.167 [0.069, 0.494] g/100g; Selenium = 27.6 [13.1, 57.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 49.7 [14.0, 179.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.486 [0.319, 0.734] mg/100g (wet weight); |