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Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke & Brito, 1987

Canary 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);  bacalladoi: Named in honor of Dr. J.J. Bacallado for his notable contribution to the study of the marine fauna of the Canary Islands..

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 17 - 604 m (Ref. 40832). Deep-water

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Eastern Central Atlantic: Canary Islands (Ref. 40832); Madeira Island (Ref. 74541); and Cape Verde (Ref. 94080).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40832)

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Vertebrae: 130 - 131. Moderately elongate moray with: mottled brown coloration, posterior jaw pores in white spots; dorsal-fin origin before gill openings; four infraorbital pores, one branchial pore; outer teeth serrate, maxillary teeth in two short rows, and vomerine teeth biserial; and mean vertebral formula (MVF) 5-55-130.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth range based on the 3 known specimens all of which have been collected from rocky bottom. May inhabit deep waters.

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Böhlke, E.B. and A. Brito, 1987. Gymnothorax baccaladoi, a new Moray from the Canary Islands (Pisces: Muraenidae). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 139:459-463. (Ref. 40832)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.4 - 16.6, mean 15.4 °C (based on 19 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 vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.