Oman country information

Common names: Musaf taneem
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Randall, J.E., 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Hallaniyyat Islands (Ref. 129713). Rare sightings in the Gulf of Oman and southern Oman (Ref. 11441).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Murène dragon, Dragon moray, Dragon moray eel, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Issue
EC GENERAMuraena is Atlantic and Mediterranean only.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 5 - 60 m (Ref. 30874). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Reunion to the Hawaiian, Line and Society islands, north to southern Japan (Ref. 559) and southern Korea, south to New Caledonia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 92.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 54980)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 119 - 126.

Inhabits coral and rocky reefs. Common in warm-temperate waters (Ref. 9710). Benthic at 1-35 m (Ref. 58302). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 9710). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao and C.T. Chen, 1994. A review of the muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zool. Stud. 33(1):44-64. (Ref. 6934)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)