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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 310 m (Ref. 57911), usually 179 - 254 m (Ref. 13608). Deep-water; 36°N - 40°S, 100°W - 35°W (Ref. 57911)
Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande do Sul. North Carolina, Florida, USA, Antilles, Colombia to southern Brazil (Ref. 26938). Also found in Argentina (Ref. 86327)
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 57911)
Body light brown to chestnut brown in color, head paler; posterior half of tail nearly black, spotted with white roundish markings larger than eye; white and black bands on dorsal fin; corner of mouth and gill openings not black (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Lives together in fine sediments of the upper continental slope.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.), 1983. Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 13.3 - 21.8, mean 16.5 °C (based on 50 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00037 (0.00023 - 0.00060), b=3.24 (3.11 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
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