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

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 35 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 18°S

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Indo-Pacific: from the Red Sea, Mauritius, and Chagos Archipelago, to French Polynesia; absent from Hawaiian Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 137 - 142. The longest canines of the lower jaw are confined to the anterior third of the toothed area. Coloration is a uniform tan with a conspicuous white margin on the fins.

Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Solitary in crevices, usually seen at night (Ref 90102).

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Fisheries: of potential interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.4 - 29, mean 28 °C (based on 372 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00042 (0.00024 - 0.00071), b=3.25 (3.11 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.6 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 26 [14, 40] mg/100g; Iron = 0.472 [0.277, 0.909] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.4, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.0923 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 44.1 [23.4, 89.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 82.2 [23.3, 270.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.833 [0.582, 1.169] mg/100g (wet weight);

Enchelycore schismatorhynchus (Bleeker, 1853)