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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lesueur.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal, usually ? - 30 m. Subtropical
Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to northern Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)
Usually mottled, sometimes uniformly dark, always has pale marks on head and pale rims on sensory pores on head (Ref. 26938).
Found usually on or near coral reefs in up to 30 m depth, but occasionally to 137 m.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: d'intérêt potentiel
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.4 - 28, mean 26.9 °C (based on 94 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00069 (0.00033 - 0.00146), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 39.2 [18.0, 107.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.58 [0.31, 1.12] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.1, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.188 [0.080, 0.533] g/100g; Selenium = 13.3 [6.0, 33.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 61.6 [16.1, 235.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.801 [0.494, 1.255] mg/100g (wet weight);