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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae						
							
							Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); mccoskeri: Named for J.E. McCosker.
Eponymy: Dr John Edward McCosker (d: 1945) is an ichthyologist and evolutionary biologist who is Senior Scientist and first Professor of Aquatic Research at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range					
						Ecología					
				
				
				
					marino demersal;  rango de profundidad 7 - 84 m (Ref. 27470). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific:  Western Australia and northeastern Queensland.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamaño / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 31.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27470); 36.2 cm TL (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría					
				
				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Smith, D.G. and E.B. Böhlke, 1997. A review of the Indo-Pacific banded morays of the Gymnothorax reticularis group, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Muraenidae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:177-188. (Ref. 27470)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Referencia 
123201): 24.3 - 28.5, mean 26.8 °C (based on 246 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Referencia 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00048 (0.00025 - 0.00091), b=3.28 (3.12 - 3.44), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nivel trófico  (Referencia 
69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliencia  (Referencia 
120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 
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