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Gymnothorax pictus Bar-cheeked Eel, Peppered Moray, Paintspotted moray

Gymnothorax pictusis commonly referred to as Bar-cheeked Eel, Peppered Moray, Paintspotted moray . Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
3514 
AphiaID:
217491 
Scientific:
Gymnothorax pictus 
German:
Gesprenkelte Muräne 
English:
Bar-cheeked Eel, Peppered Moray, Paintspotted Moray  
Category:
Moray Eels 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Gymnothorax (Genus) > pictus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ahl, ), 1789 
Occurrence:
Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Islands, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Réunion , Revillagigedo Islands, Samoa, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 100 Meter 
Size:
up to 55.12" (140 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 84.38 °F (25°C - 29.1°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Shrimps, Smelts 
Tank:
659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-16 14:17:20 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Gymnothorax pictus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Gymnothorax pictus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Gymnothorax pictus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

Info

Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789)

Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans. For more Infos click to the Link to fishbase.

Synonyms:
Gymnothorax picta (Ahl, 1789)
Muraena picta Ahl, 1789
Siderea picta (Ahl, 1789)
Siderea pictus (Ahl, 1789)
Sideria picta (Ahl, 1789)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Muraeninae (Subfamily) > Gymnothorax (Genus) > Gymnothorax pictus (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

Scientific paper

  1. Feeding Behavior of the Moray Eel, Gymnothorax pictus, E. H. Neil Chave and Helen A. Randall, 1971

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2022.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2022.

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Juvenile

Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Gymnothorax pictus

Commonly

Copyright Dr. Paddy Ryan
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Gymnothorax pictus,Murène poivrée,Paintspotted moray, Mauritius 2019
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Gymnothorax pictus
Gymnothorax pictus

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