© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Gymnothorax eurygnathos Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head large, wide dark + pale lichen-like blotches tail ~42 percent total length jaws short, wide Body stout, cylindrical; head large and broad (~14% of total length); snout short; jaws short and wide; teeth short, stout, triangular, serrated on both sides, partly in two rows on jaws; thorax swollen; origin of dorsal fin about over large gill opening; tail short (~42 % of total length). Color: dark brown with pale brown to yellowish lichen-like blotches dispersed over body and dorsal and anal fins, smaller blotches densely covering entire head; tip of tail yellowish. Reaches: 47 cm. Habitat: soft bottoms. Depth: 30-400 m. Eastern Gulf of California to El Salvador. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 400 m. Depth Range Min: 30 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish; bony fishes. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=28; Southern limit=14; Western limit=-111; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=21. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 47 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Böhlke, E. B., 2001., Gymnothorax eurygnathos, a new moray from the Gulf of California (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):1-5. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Guichenot, A., 1848., Fauna Chilena. Peces. Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Vol. 2, Zoologia. Paris & Santiago., Fauna Chilena, Peces,. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Gymnothorax&speciesname=eurygnathos ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Gymnothorax&speciesname=eurygnathos http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Gymnothorax&speciesname=eurygnathos ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Gymnothorax&speciesname=eurygnathos https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Gymnothorax&speciesname=eurygnathos ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Gymnothorax-eurygnathos.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Gymnothorax Species in    Muraenidae - Classification - Muraeninae Muraenidae Anguilliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Gymnothorax eurygnathos Böhlke , 2001 Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Gymnothorax eurygnathos Picture by Robertson, R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335 ) ;   eurygnathos: Name from the Greek 'eury' for wide and 'gnathos' for jaw, referring to the wide jaws; noun in apposition. . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 406 m (Ref. 87288 ). Deep-water Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California, Mexico. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 46.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 87288 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Böhlke, E.B. , 2001. Gymnothorax eurygnathos , a new moray from the Gulf of California (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 49 Supl. 1:1-5 (Ref. 87288 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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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 ):  3.9   ±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 ):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 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