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Etymology: Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast (Ref. 45335); pseudomelanosomatus: Name from Greek 'pseudes' for false and 'melanosomatus', the name for the black body moray that it superficially resembles and has previously been identified as; noun in apposition..

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθοπελαγικό; εύρος βάθους ? - 200 m (Ref. 106142). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 67.5 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 106142); 73.6 cm TL (female)

Short description Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Σπόνδυλοι: 202 - 206. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongate and unpatterned body and fins which is uniformly greyish brown; anus located just before mid-body, preanal length 2.0 in TL; head length 11.3 in TL; depth at gill opening 27.8 in TL; uniserial teeth, few, long and needle-like; mean vertebral formula 7-89-206 (Ref. 106142).

The 73.6 cm TL female was gravid and distended with 1.0-1.2 millimeter eggs (Ref. 106142).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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Loh, K.-H., K.-T. Shao, H.-S. Ho, P.-E. Lim and H.-M. Chen, 2015. A new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with comments on related elongate unpatterned species. Zootaxa 4060(1):30-40. (Ref. 106142)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Gymnothorax pseudomelanosomatus Loh, Shao & Chen, 2015