Species: Robinsia catherinae, Catherine's false moray, Catherine's false-moray


Robinsia catherinae Bohlke & Smith, 1967
Catherines false moray
Moderately elongate, slightly compressed; snout bluntly pointed; large eyes; front nostril tubular, points downward; rear nostril elliptical, opens on outer edge of top lip under front edge of eye, but sometimes partly concealed by a small flap; mouth moderately large, extends a little behind eye; no flange on either lip; upper jaw teeth conical, in 2 rows, inner row larger; a round patch at front of top jaws; 1 row of teeth on central roof of mouth that join the patch at front of top jaws; lower jaw teeth larger, compressed, 1 row, with several extra teeth at front, front pair are large canines; gill opening small, oval, lateral; pectoral fins absent, although there may be a fleshy tab at top of gill opening; dorsal and anal fins well developed, continuous with tail fin, dorsal origin distinctly behind gill opening but nearer gill opening than to anus; lateral line with 1 pore on upper gill area, 5 along lower jaw, none behind mouth opening.
Head, body and tail sharply bicolored, upper half brown, lower half white to about mid-tail, where dark color descends.
Reaches 20 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 52-300 m.
The Bahamas to Panama; the W Indian Ocean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Atlantic + Pacific Oceans
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Continent only
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 52
- Depth Range Max
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- 300