FB-70668 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70668 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Torquigener Torquigener heemstrai Matsuura, 2024 Spotted-throat moray 2024-07-26 2024-07-26 Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao0 Two new moray eels of genera <i>Diaphenchelys</i> and <i>Gymnothorax </i> (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 This moderately sized, elongate species is distinguished by the following: tail very long, more than twice its trunk length, compressed posteriorly, tip pointed; snout blunt, nasal cavity somewhat enlarged; eyes well anteriorly placed, closer to tip of snout than corner of mouth; supraorbital pores 3, infraorbital pores 3, preoperculo-mandibular pores 6; maxillary teeth biserial, dentary teeth uniserial or biserial anteriorly. Colouration: ground color of body pale brown, with whitish spots scattered on head, body, and dorsal fin, scarcely perceptible on snout, anal fin and posterior part of tail; caudal fin semi-transparent, fins on posterior part of tail with dark brown margin; vertebrae, predorsal 4, preanal 45, total 125-131. (Ref. 123899). Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao 2021 Two new moray eels of genera <i>Diaphenchelys</i> and <i>Gymnothorax </i> (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899) FB-Morphology-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 Vertebrae: 125 - 131 Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao 2021 Two new moray eels of genera <i>Diaphenchelys</i> and <i>Gymnothorax </i> (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899) FB-Distribution-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 Northwest Pacific: Taiwan. Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao 2021 Two new moray eels of genera <i>Diaphenchelys</i> and <i>Gymnothorax </i> (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899) FB-Uses-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 52.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123899)) Huang, W.-C., D.G. Smith, K.-H. Loh and T.-Y. Liao 2021 Two new moray eels of genera <i>Diaphenchelys</i> and <i>Gymnothorax </i> (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zool. Stud. 60. (Ref. 123899) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-02 00:00:00 2024-08-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70678 demersal; marine