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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Echidna: Greek, echidna = viper, 1847 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: In Greek mythology Echidna was a female monster, and mother of many other monsters including the Hydra. Hesiod described her as “half a nymph with glancing eyes and fair cheeks, and half again a huge snake, great and awful, with speckled skin.” (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Richardson.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 33390) to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 137577)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 0; Vértebra: 132 - 137. Body grey with fine pale barring (Ref. 48635). Young with 25-30 dark brown bars separated by white narrow interspaces; bars become obscure with age where in large adults, the pattern becomes mottled brown; corner of mouth dark brown. Head usually lighter, yellowish with variable dark blotching (Ref. 48635).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits reef flats, clear shallow lagoons, and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans during both day and night (Ref. 9710). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.4 °C (based on 2833 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00050 (0.00032 - 0.00077), b=3.31 (3.19 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 37.3 [20.3, 61.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.477 [0.288, 0.961] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.4, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.0945 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 35.2 [19.9, 70.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 65.2 [18.1, 200.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.08 [0.77, 1.49] mg/100g (wet weight);
