Gymnothorax australicola, South Pacific moray

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Gymnothorax australicola Lavenberg, 1992

South Pacific moray
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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; demersal; depth range 0 - 45 m (Ref. 13539). Subtropical

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South Pacific: Southwest Pacific: Lord Howe I. Southeast Pacific: Rapa I., Ducie Atoll, Easter I. and Desventuradas Is.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13539)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

A plain-colored light brown moray with a black eye ring, white blotches around the last two infraorbital pores and last three mandibular pores, and a single branchial pore.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Ranges from very shallow inshore areas or tide pools to depths of at least 45 m depth (Ref. 13539).

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Lavenberg, R.J., 1992. A new moray eel (Muraenidae: Gymnothorax) from oceanic islands of the South Pacific. Pac. Sci. 46(1):58-67. (Ref. 13539)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.6 - 29, mean 27.5 °C (based on 186 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00047 (0.00025 - 0.00089), b=3.28 (3.13 - 3.43), 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
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).