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Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838)

Fangtooth moray
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Cape Verde country information

Common names: Moreia-serpente
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4450, 27000.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wirtz, P., A. Brito, J.M. Falcón, R. Freitas, R. Fricke, V. Monteiro, F. Reiner and O. Tariche, 2013
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Enchelycore: Greek, enchelys, = eel + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lowe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 3 - 60 m (Ref. 58047).   Subtropical; 40°N - 17°S, 32°W - 35°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena Islands including record from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (Ref. 3256), Greece (Ref. 43448) and Cyprus (Ref. 95695).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5288)

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

Occasional among rocks and rubble to depths of at least 10 m. They stay concealed among rocks, waiting for prey to come along. Are active predators which feed on crustaceans and fish (Ref. 5377). Possibly consumed in subsistence fisheries (Ref. 3254).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Smith, D.G., 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474:1-64. (Ref. 92337)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

  Segura ou pouco preocupante (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

  Harmless




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