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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129614)
Vertebrae: 146. This species is distinguished by the following characters: moderately elongate and unpatterned, with a narrow tail and anus at about mid-body, preanal length 1.8-2.1 times in TL; head 8.0-9.9 in TL; body depth at gill opening 15-19 in TL; teeth uniserial, short, and blade-like with serrations on lower margins; mean vertebral formula 4-61-144; body is uniformly yellowish gray with white margin on dorsal and anal fins; head pores distinctly white in color (Ref. 129614).
Collected in less than 0.5 m (Ref. 10713). Usually in sand and mud bottoms to at least 15 m (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith, D.G., Y. Hibino and H.-C. Ho, 2018. Two new elongate unpatterned moray eels from Taiwan and Vietnam, with notes on two congeners (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 4454(1):33-42. (Ref. 129614)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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