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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 40 m (Ref. 30573). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: throughout the area, including the Red Sea.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9710)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Head brownish with conspicuous lines of black dots (Ref. 3257). Body lilac with brown marbling (Ref. 3257).
Found in shallow coastal waters, on coral and rocky reefs (Ref. 30573). Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species (Ref. 103751).
Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed using good diagnostic criteria (Ref. 103751).
Böhlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall, 1999. Gymnothorax castlei, a new species of Indo-Pacific moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 47(2):549-554. (Ref. 35991)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: pouco comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 27.3 °C (based on 182 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00048 (0.00025 - 0.00091), b=3.28 (3.12 - 3.44), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Fec = 8,000-12,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 36 [20, 67] mg/100g; Iron = 0.462 [0.279, 0.977] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [16.5, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.11 [0.05, 0.31] g/100g; Selenium = 38.1 [21.2, 75.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 73.4 [22.6, 225.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.972 [0.691, 1.341] mg/100g (wet weight);