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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
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 60 m (Ref. 58047). Subtropical; 40°N - 17°S, 32°W - 35°E
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).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5288)
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: pesca di sussistenza
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 18.4 - 20.1, mean 19.8 °C (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00049 (0.00024 - 0.00099), b=3.26 (3.10 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 43 [26, 85] mg/100g; Iron = 0.798 [0.453, 1.327] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.248 [0.111, 0.634] g/100g; Selenium = 35.8 [18.4, 77.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.77 [2.53, 31.31] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.572 [0.422, 0.812] mg/100g (wet weight);