Gymnothorax prionodon, Australian mottled moray

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Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895

Australian mottled moray
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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).
More on author: Ogilby.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated, usually 20 - 80 m (Ref. 30464). Temperate

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Western Pacific: southern Japan to the South China Sea (Ref. 559), Australia and New Zealand.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30464); common length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30464)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 135 - 138

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in inshore waters (Ref. 7300). If provoked this species will make a lightning fast bite before retreating (Ref. 30464).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00028 (0.00019 - 0.00043), b=3.34 (3.22 - 3.46), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 6.73 [2.96, 11.83] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.136 [0.074, 0.274] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.1 [16.9, 21.6] % ; Omega3 = 0.267 [0.114, 0.749] g/100g ; Selenium = 13.3 [6.1, 27.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 32 [8, 134] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.399 [0.260, 0.603] mg/100g (wet weight);