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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Pseudechidna: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, echidna = viper (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant Colonel Dr O Brummer was a military surgeon in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army and collected in Timor while stationed in Java. He collected the eel holotype. Bleeker (q.v.) was also an army surgeon in the East Indies (from 1842). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Issue
Genus Bohlke, pers. comm.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 1 - 8 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 25°N - 22°S
Indo-Pacific: western Indian Ocean to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 103 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9710)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 0; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 0; Wirbelzahl: 201 - 214. Has a more typical muraenid head than R. quaesita.
Inhabits reef flats and shallow lagoons, usually buried in the sand or rubble (Ref. 9710, 48635). Occasionally seen swimming between its burrows in shallow protected areas (Ref. 48635). A gonochoristic species (Ref. 32169). Solitary (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.4 - 29.3, mean 28.5 °C (based on 2195 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [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): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).