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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); indicus: Named for the country of type locality ‘India’, from within the Exclusive Economic Zone of which the specimens were captured by a trawler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
marina bottenlevande. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: India.
Size / Vikt / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.5 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 111066)
Short description
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Ryggkotor: 194. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body elongated, brown unpatterned; anus at about mid-point of body; snout blunt and short; eyes comparatively large and slightly closer to rictus than to the tip of snout; mandibular pores 5; maxillary teeth uniserial and sharply pointed; MVF: 9-79-194; dorsal-fin margin black (Ref.111066).
Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver
Mohapatra, A., D. Ray, D.G. Smith and S.S. Mishra, 2016. A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 4150(5):591-598. (Ref. 111066)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
Verktyg
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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