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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 10 - 100 m (Ref. 9761), usually 10 - 19 m (Ref. 89891). Subtropical; 67°N - 36°N, 118°W - 153°W
Western Atlantic: southern Florida to Texas and Yucatan in Mexico, but most common west of Mississippi River Delta.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 99.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); peso máximo publicado: 1.4 kg (Ref. 40637)
Brown, with small yellow or white spots on body and lower half of fins (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Abundant in seagrass beds and banks from 10-19 m depth. Rarely found in bays; absent from coral reefs.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 25.8 - 28.2, mean 27.3 °C (based on 315 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00047 (0.00025 - 0.00088), b=3.28 (3.13 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 16.6 [8.0, 41.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.423 [0.230, 0.882] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.3, 22.0] %; Omega3 = 0.17 [0.07, 0.49] g/100g; Selenium = 24.4 [11.7, 52.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 35.5 [10.0, 129.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.582 [0.380, 0.889] mg/100g (wet weight);