Muraena helena, Mediterranean moray : fisheries, aquarium

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Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758

Mediterranean moray

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Muraena helena
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Malta country information

Common names: Marina, Moray, Morina
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 3256.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Murène de Méditerranée, Morena mediterránea, Moray, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Muraena: Latin, muraena = morey eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: According to Eschmeyer’s description of the scorpionfish “…the name is from Greek mythology, Helena sister of Castor” -a reference to Helen of Troy. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856) is considered as a valid species by Jiménez et al. (2007: Ref. 58348). Page to be created soon.

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

marin récifal; profondeur 1 - 801 m (Ref. 58348), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 58348). Subtropical; 52°N - 13°N, 32°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: from the the British Isles to Senegal and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 75.5, range 69 - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12382); common length : 80.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3397); poids max. publié: 6.5 kg (Ref. 58348); âge max. reporté: 38 années (Ref. 58348)

A nocturnal and territorial species (Ref. 12382), commonly lurking in holes, and writhing snakelike through crevices, under rocks or corals (Ref. 58348). Feeds on fish, crabs and squid (Ref. 12382). It seldom attacks unless provoked (Ref. 3256). A gonochoristic species (Ref. 32169). Utilized fresh and eaten broiled, boiled and baked; the skin can be used for leather (Ref. 9987).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Migrate to offshore waters to spawn (Ref. 98745).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Smith, D.G. and E.B. Böhlke, 1990. Muraenidae. p. 136-148. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4450)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 131153)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4690)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Aquariums publics

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.1 - 16.2, mean 14.4 (based on 181 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00056 (0.00048 - 0.00066), b=3.27 (3.23 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.61 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (tmax=38.1; tm=7.1; K=0.078).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (79 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Low.

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