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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 92 - 450 m (Ref. 37816). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ogasawara Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10713)

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Vertebrae: 141. Greenish with yellowish spots; brown stripe from chin to anus and alongside anal.

Found in deep waters (Ref. 10713). May occur in crevices of steep drop-offs in as little as 25 m (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302).

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Randall, J.E. and D. Golani, 1995. Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(3):849-880. (Ref. 10713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883