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Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz, 1831

Ocellated moray
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Agassiz.

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

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 160 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 100 m (Ref. 42064). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles, including the Central American coast from Nicaragua to northern coast of South America.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 57911); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6077)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Regularly spaced blackish spots on dorsal fin; anal fin with a series of black and white areas; gill opening roundish and located on midside of body; corner of mouth and gill-opening not black (Ref. 13608).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A solitary species (Ref. 26340) commonly found on deep soft bottom areas and banks, rarely on coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Also in estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 42064). Feeds mainly on crustaceans (Ref. 42064). Probably consumed fresh or salted (Ref. 3255).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Reproduction probably similar to Gymnothorax funebris (Ref. 42064).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Claro, R., 1994. Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. (Ref. 26340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.4 - 28, mean 25.9 °C (based on 1234 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00045 (0.00028 - 0.00072), b=3.29 (3.16 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.71 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (56 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.8 [14.0, 53.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.415 [0.245, 0.796] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 22] %; Omega3 = 0.13 [0.06, 0.36] g/100g; Selenium = 52.5 [27.0, 102.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58.1 [17.2, 212.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.997 [0.697, 1.396] mg/100g (wet weight);