Diagnostic Description
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Reddish eyes (Ref. 1602). Color yellowish, densely mottled with dark brown; front of head purplish grey; posterior margins of fins yellow-green; gill opening in a black blotch. Juveniles sometimes bright yellow with brown blotches (Ref. 48635).Description: Characterized by body depth at gill opening 11-20 in TL; origin of dorsal fin anterior to gill opening; anus slightly anterior to middle of body; without elongate canines in jaws, largest in outer row at front of upper jaw with short inner row of 1-4 larger teeth (Ref. 90102).
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Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 132 - 140
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Trophic Strategy
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Inhabits a variety of zones ranging from reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Along drop-offs (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on cephalopods (Ref. 30573), fishes, and crustaceans. Most often appears on the reef after a fish has been speared during daylight. The regularity and promptness of such appearances make it clear that G. flavimarginatus is especially sensitive to stimuli emanating from an injured or stressed fish (Ref. 13550). Carnivore (Ref. 57615). Also in Ref. 9137, 58534.
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Biology
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Along drop-offs (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Occurs in coral or rocky areas of reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Feeds on cephalopods (Ref. 30573), fishes, and crustaceans (Ref. 89972). Most often appears on the reef after a fish has been speared during daylight. The regularity and promptness of such appearances make it clear that G. flavimarginatus is especially sensitive to stimuli emanating from an injured or stressed fish (Ref. 13550). Eaten in some parts of the Indo-Pacific (Ref. 12484). Minimum depth reported taken from (Ref. 30874). Solitary and curious, usually seen with head protruding (Ref 90102).
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Importance
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fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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分布
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分布於印度-太平洋區,西起南非、紅海,東至土木土群島,北至日本南部,南至澳洲及新加勒多尼亞等海域。臺灣分布於南部及東北、東南部和澎湖等海域。
利用
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一般可利用延繩釣、手釣、籠具誘捕等漁法。食用經濟性,但在某些熱帶島嶼,曾有人食用本種後中毒的案例,台灣則尚未聞有類似嚴重中毒的情形。可作為觀賞魚。
描述
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體延長而呈圓柱狀,尾部側扁。尖牙;頜齒單列;部份個體在上頜口內眼窩部內側或下頜前端內側尚有
1-2
個尖牙;鋤骨齒單列。脊椎骨數129-137。魚體底色為黃褐色,體表密布暗褐色圓形小斑點;垂直鰭條具有螢光黃綠色邊緣,死後則此黃綠色容易消褪,福馬林保存液中標本的鰭緣為淺白色。鰓孔為黑色。眼睛虹彩為黃褐色。
棲地
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中小型個體常出現於珊瑚岩礁潮間帶的潮池中,顏色較深,黑褐體色。較大型個體棲息在淺海域之珊瑚頭或岩礁洞穴中。居穴附近常可見到清潔性魚類的出沒。在海中能夠被馴養,能自行游出隱蔽處攝取人們手中的餌食。肉食性,伺機捕食魚類或頭足類為生。
Yellow-edged moray
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The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray, (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus)[1][3] is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).
Description
Moray eels are long slender fish with bulbous heads, rounded snouts and gradually tapering tails. The large mouth contains a single row of small pointed teeth in the lower jaw and several vomerine teeth on the roof of the mouth. The dorsal fin extends continuously from just behind the head along the back to round the tail, where it continues as the caudal and anal fins. The yellow-edged moray can grow to a maximum length of about 240 cm (90 in),[4] but a more typical length would be 80 cm (30 in). It is basically a dull yellow colour with a mottled pattern of dark brown or black covering most of the surface. The head is a purplish-grey and there is a large black blotch at the operculum. The margins of the fins on the posterior part of the body are yellowish or greenish. Young fish may have a brighter yellow background colour with brown blotches.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The yellow-edged moray occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. Its range extends from East Africa and the Red Sea to Japan, Indonesia and Australia, and on to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands, New Caledonia and on to Costa Rica, Panama and the Galápagos Islands.[4] Its typical habitat is coral or rocky areas of reef flats and the protected sides of seaward reefs,[2] ranging down to a depth of about 150 m (500 ft).[4]
Ecology
The yellow-edged moray is usually a solitary fish, tending to hide in a crevice or submerged in the sediment with just its head protruding. Sometimes it shares its shelter with conspecifics or with other moray eel species. It is mainly nocturnal, but also swims around freely in the morning and evening. Fish, cephalopods and crustaceans are included in its diet. If a fish is speared on the reef, these moray eels are quick to appear, being sensitive to stimuli emitted by injured or stressed fish.[4] This moray eel was recently identified as a natural predator of the lionfish Pterois miles in its native habitat in the Red Sea.[5] The shrimp-like crustacean Stenopus pyrsonotus, has often been found in close proximity with a yellow-edged moray eel, leading to the possibility that the shrimp may enter into a cleaning symbiosis with the eel.[6]
Yellowmargin moray eel at Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii
References
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^ a b c Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gymnothorax flavimarginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195728A2408871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195728A2408871.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2020). "Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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^ a b Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (2012). Smiths’ Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-642-82858-4.
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^ a b c d "Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830)". FishBase. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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^ Bos A.R.; Sanad A.M.; Elsayed K. (2017). "Gymnothorax spp. (Muraenidae) as natural predators of the lionfish Pterois miles in its native biogeographical range". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 100 (6): 745–748. doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0600-7.
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^ Goy, Joseph W.; Devaney, Dennis M. (1980). "Stenopus pyrsonotus a new species of stenopodidean shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific region" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 93 (3): 781–796.
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Yellow-edged moray: Brief Summary
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The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray, (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).
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Description
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Occurs in coral or rocky areas of reef flats and protected shorelines to seaward reefs. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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