Marine
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Gymnothorax javonica (Bleeker, 1859) |
| synonym | Lycodontis flavomarginatus (non Rüppell,1830) |
| synonym | Lycodontis javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) |
| synonym | Muraena javanica Bleeker, 1859 |
🗒 Common Names
| Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Juveniles are tan with numerous large black spots. Adults have black specks that grade into leopard-like spots behind the head and a black area surrounding the gill opening.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
300 (unsexed)
Size
300 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 30.0 kg
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
Inhabits coral reefs ; lagoon and seaward reefs. Commonly seen species along deep drop-offs and slopes in Indonesian waters . Benthic . Juveniles more secretive and occur on intertidal reef flats . It feeds primarily on fishes and occasionally on crustaceans; also on benthic invertebrates . This is the largest Indo-Pacific moray eel , perhaps reaching 3 m in length. Because of its position at the top of the reef"quot;s food chain it is often ciguatoxic. Attacks humans when provoked .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Remark
Known from Laccadives
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Oeno Atoll (Pitcairn Group), north to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands, south to New Caledonia and the Austral Islands.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: public aquariums
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6380, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Natural History > Size
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. Kuiter, R.H. 1998 Photo guide to fishes of the Maldives Atoll Editions, Victoria, Australia. 257 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Hiatt, R.W. and D.W. Strasburg 1960 Ecological relationships of the fish fauna on coral reefs of the Marshall Islands. Ecol. Monogr. 30(1):65-127.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Joannot, P. 1997 List of fishes in the Noumea aquarium. Unpublished.
No Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Anguilliformes |
| Family | Muraenidae |
| Genus | Gymnothorax |
| Species | Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker 1859) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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