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Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995

Taiwanese barbel moray
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Nan-wan Bay, southern tip, tide pool, ASIZP-056729 (holotype, 16.6 cm TL, female).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao, 1995
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Cirrimaxilla: Latin, cirrus = fringe, curl + Latin, maxilla = jaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 5 m (Ref. 86942).   Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: known only from Nan-wan, Ping-tung County, Taiwan (Ref. 10992). Reported in New Caledonia, found in the stomach of the sea snake Laticauda (Ref. 77055).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.6 cm TL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 132. Body very stout, muscular, elliptical anteriorly, somewhat compressed posteriorly. Dorsal and anal fins restricted to tail end, confluent with caudal fin. Mouth large, lower protruding and slightly curved upward, snout pointed. Jaws with beard-like cirri.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Holotype collected from a tidal pool.

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Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao, 1995. New eel genus, Cirrimaxilla, and description of the type species, Cirrimaxilla formosa (Pisces: Muraenidae) from southern Taiwan. Bull. Mar. Sci. 57(2):328-332. (Ref. 10992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 18 November 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.5 - 27.9, mean 26.5 (based on 469 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00069 (0.00033 - 0.00144), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).