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Echidna catenata, Chain moray : fisheries, aquarium
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
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Muraenidae
(Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology:
Echidna:
Greek, echidna = viper, 1847 (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on author:
Bloch
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 12 m (Ref.
9710
), usually 0 - 2 m (Ref.
40849
). Tropical; 33°N - 30°S, 82°W - 14°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to the Antilles (Ref.
26340
) and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (Ref.
34514
) and Ascension Island (Ref.
4450
). The only record from West Africa is probably erroneous (Ref.
4450
). Also southern Atlantic islands (Ref.
26938
).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 165 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
26340
); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5217
)
Short description
Morphology
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With short blunt snout, yellow chain-like markings, teeth bluntly pointed or molar-like especially on roof of mouth (Ref.
26938
).
A benthic and solitary species (Ref.
26340
) found commonly on reefs and rocky shore areas. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref.
5521
). At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off NE Brazil, forages for sally lightfoot crabs (
Grapsus grapsus
) on exposed reefs at ebb tide and in tide-pools mostly at daytime. Able to withstand up to 30 minutes out of water while foraging, uses four main tactics both in and out of the water. Searches for prey at pool rims and rock bases poking into crevices and holes, stealthily approaches previously sighted prey, chases prey and ambushes prey from under rocks and crevices. Hunting success varies with employed tactic, but overall success is about 50%. May move up to 6 meters in about 1 hour while foraging on the exposed reef. Its crab hunting is mostly visually guided and a fish darting nearby a stealthily foraging moray may cause it to miss the strike; the missed crab may be chased up to 5 m on the reef. Able to strike with its body partly or entirely out of the water, usually strikes from a distance of 5 to10 centimeters. Small crabs are swallowed whole, whereas larger ones are torn apart by a combination of tugging, rotating, knotting, and thrashing movements. Handling time is related to prey size, the largest crabs (carapace width 2.3-3.2 times larger than moray’s head width) broken up and swallowed within 90 to 240 seconds. Attracted to plastic or rubber decoys dragged on a nylon string nearby, striking at these (Ref.
50922
).
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Oviparous (Ref.
35581
).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray
, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref.
7251
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
16 August 2011
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 26.1 - 28.1, mean 27.4 °C (based on 527 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00050 (0.00025 - 0.00101), b=3.26 (3.10 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.6 ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Medium
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 22.6 [11.1, 35.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.395 [0.221, 0.871] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [16.4, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0759 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 41.4 [20.4, 88.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 44.8 [10.8, 165.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.937 [0.641, 1.355] mg/100g (wet weight);
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