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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Species Eschmeyer, pers. comm. (also in Paxton et al. 1989, Ref. 7300).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 20 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 28°N - 24°S
Pacific Ocean: Caroline and Mariana Islands to the Hawaiian, Line and Tuamoto Islands; throughout Micronesia. Recently reported from the Cocos Islands (Ref. 9399).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2334)
Inhabits corals and rocks of lagoon and seaward reefs. Mottled moray. Benthic (Ref. 58302, 75154). Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32169). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Protogyny unconfirmed (Ref. 84746).
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 25 - 29.4, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1154 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (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.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 59.2 [32.9, 117.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.56 [0.33, 1.13] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [16.5, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.118 [0.053, 0.342] g/100g; Selenium = 27.9 [14.9, 58.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 101 [30, 317] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.16 [0.81, 1.62] mg/100g (wet weight);