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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); smithi: Named for David G. Smith, United States National Museum.
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Eponymy: Dr David G Smith is an American ichthyologist who is a Museum Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Окружающая среда: среда / климатическая зона / пределы глубины / диапазон распространения
экология
морской донно-пелагический; пределы глубины ? - 200 m (Ref. 121832). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean, southeastern Arabian Sea, India.
Размер / Вес / Возраст
половая зрелость: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.5 cm TL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 121832)
Краткое описание
определительные ключи | морфология | морфометрия
This species is distinguished by the following characters: a moderate sized moray eel with greyish brown colour overlain with small irregular white spots; anus is slightly behind mid-point of the body; broad head with short jaws, the snout tip blunt and short; eyes small and closer to rictus than to the snout tip; teeth pointed and serrated teeth, the vomerine teeth uniserial anteriorly, biserial centrally and uniserial posteriorly; branchial pores 1-2; vertebral count 3-5 /57/130-132 (Ref. 121832).
Known only from three type specimens collected by demersal trawl at about 200 m depth (on the basis of holotype, not known for paratypes) (Ref. 121832).
Жизненный цикл и брачное поведение
половая зрелость | размножение | нерест | икра | Плодовитость | личинки
Sumod, K.S., A. Mohapatra, V.N. Sanjeevan, T.G. Kishor and K.K. Bineesh, 2019. A new species of white-spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax smithi (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from deep waters of Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4652(2):359-366. (Ref. 121832)
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Угроза для людей
Harmless
Использование человеком
рыболовство: не имеет хозяйственного значения
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