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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); davidsmithi: Named for David G. Smith, for his contributions to the understanding of anguilliform fishes.
Eponymy: Dr David G Smith is an American ichthyologist who is a Museum Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: McCosker & Randall.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 35 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Distribuzione
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East Indian Ocean: Indonesia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 83560)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vertebre: 156. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body elongate, slender brown with spots on head and anterior throat region; anal fin has a pale margin; anus is before midbody; preanal length 2.15 in TL; depth at gill opening 33 in TL; head 10.7 in TL; middle of orbit is above the middle of jaw; jaws are moderate, not recurved; conical teeth, mostly uniserial; jaw teeth numerous and closely spaced; body color uniformly tan overlain with white spots and markings on throat, forehead, cheeks, nape and anterior branchial basket; MVF 4-64-156 (Ref. 83560).
Collected over dark, silty sand (Ref. 83560). Found in mud bottoms of coastal bays in 3-35 m (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
McCosker, J.E. and J.E. Randall, 2008. A new species of Indo-Pacific moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 59(16):711-714. (Ref. 83560)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
