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Gymnothorax unicolor

No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Anguilliformes (True Eels) Muraenidae (Morays) Gymnothorax Gymnothorax unicolor

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: eel-like.

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal to Cape Verde, including the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. Also throughout the Mediterranean.

Habitat Associations

Marine. demersal. depth range 0-20 m.

Biology

Found on shelf, on rocky coasts, rough sand, gravel, crevices, small caves and shadowed zones (Ref. 3256). Feeds on small crabs and gastropods (Ref. 3254).
Max length: 100.0 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-10-20. Resilience: Low (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Commercial or Environmental Importance

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish.

References

Bauchot, M.-L. (1986) Muraenidae. p. 537-544. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 2. UNESCO, Paris.
Smith, D.G. and E.B. Böhlke (1990) Muraenidae. p. 136-148. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
Edwards, A. (1990) Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Reiner, F. (1996) Catálogo dos peixes do arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Port. Invest. Mar. 2:339 p.

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