Gymnothorax pseudoprolatus, Short-tail brown moray : fisheries

Gymnothorax pseudoprolatus Smith, Hibino & Ho, 2018

Short-tail brown moray
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129614)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 169. This species which is a member of the Gymnothorax prolatus group is distinguished by the following set of characters: tail 46.3% TL; head 11.4% TL; predorsal length 8.2% TL; body depth 3.5% TL; snout 17.8% HL; maxillary teeth are biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly; vertebrae in predorsal 6, preanal 78, total 169; body uniformly dark brown with lips whitish (Ref. 129614).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The collecting depth is unknown, but the specimen was caught as bycatch in a trawl of Sakura shrimp, Lucensosergia lucens (Ref. 129614).

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Smith, D.G., Y. Hibino and H.-C. Ho, 2018. Two new elongate unpatterned moray eels from Taiwan and Vietnam, with notes on two congeners (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 4454(1):33-42. (Ref. 129614)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of potential interest
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