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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335). More on author: Tanaka.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
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Morphology | Morphometrics
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan.
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.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (-0.16418 - 0.16604), b=3.10 (3.01 - 3.19), based on LWR estimates for this genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (63 of 100) .
Price category (Ref.
80766):
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