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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.
Taxonomic Remarks
Type species of genus.
Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856) is considered as a valid species by Jiménez et al. (2007: Ref. 58348). Page to be created soon.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 1 - 801 m (Ref. 58348), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 58348). Subtropical; 52°N - 13°N, 32°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: from the the British Isles to Senegal and the Mediterranean.
Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm 75.5, range 69 - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 12382); common length : 80.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 3397); max. veröff. Gewicht: 6.5 kg (Ref. 58348); max. veröff. Alter: 38 Jahre (Ref. 58348)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
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).
Migrate to offshore waters to spawn (Ref. 98745).
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)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Traumatogenic (Ref. 4690)
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Aquarium: Öffentliche Aquarien
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 13.1 - 16.2, mean 14.4 °C (based on 181 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00055 (0.00047 - 0.00064), b=3.27 (3.23 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): sehr niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert mehr als 14 Jahre. (tmax=38.1; tm=7.1; K=0.078).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (79 of 100).
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Klimaanfälligkeit (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 11.6 [5.8, 23.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.433 [0.231, 0.841] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.0, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.193 [0.077, 0.603] g/100g; Selenium = 40.8 [19.0, 84.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.5 [12.0, 154.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.452 [0.295, 0.682] mg/100g (wet weight);