Gymnothorax fimbriatus, Fimbriated moray : fisheries

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Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832)

Fimbriated 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);  fimbriatus: Named for Tamara Mikhailovna Ambrozhevich (Ref. 57775).
More on author: Bennett.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 7 - 50 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 28°S

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Indo-Pacific: Madagascar (Ref. 33390) to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan (Ref. 559), south to Queensland, Australia; throughout Micronesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 93.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121652); 87.2 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 121652); max. published weight: 1.5 kg

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 128 - 142. Adults pale with small black spots on face; black spots proportionally much larger in young (Ref. 30404).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602, 48635). Prefers protected inshore waters among dead corals, common in harbors and small caves (Ref. 30404). Probably nocturnal (Ref. 1602). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 9710). Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32169). Current age of a captive individual is 18 years, which exceeds 100 cm and approximately 10 lbs (owner Mark Palermo, pers. comm. 07/12).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Protogyny unconfirmed (Ref. 84746).

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Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao and C.T. Chen, 1994. A review of the muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zool. Stud. 33(1):44-64. (Ref. 6934)

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: subsistence fisheries
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.9 - 29, mean 28 °C (based on 774 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00040 (0.00027 - 0.00059), b=3.31 (3.20 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (57 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 27.2 [15.0, 53.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.418 [0.251, 0.797] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 22] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.052, 0.306] g/100g; Selenium = 42.3 [22.5, 82.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58.3 [17.1, 206.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.74, 1.47] mg/100g (wet weight);