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Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867

Saddled 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: Poey.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 310 m (Ref. 57911), usually 179 - 254 m (Ref. 13608). Deep-water; 36°N - 40°S, 100°W - 35°W (Ref. 57911)

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Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande do Sul. North Carolina, Florida, USA, Antilles, Colombia to southern Brazil (Ref. 26938). Also found in Argentina (Ref. 86327)

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911)

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Body light brown to chestnut brown in color, head paler; posterior half of tail nearly black, spotted with white roundish markings larger than eye; white and black bands on dorsal fin; corner of mouth and gill openings not black (Ref. 13608).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives together in fine sediments of the upper continental slope.

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Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.), 1983. Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)

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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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.3 - 21.8, mean 16.5 °C (based on 50 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00037 (0.00023 - 0.00060), b=3.24 (3.11 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.