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Species: Anarchias galapagensis, Hardtail moray, Minute moray

above eye: rear nostril (a hole) + a pore

D & A: low crests, at rear of tail

tail: tip hard, pointed

brown + white stars;
tail tip white

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Anarchias galapagensis (Seale, 1940)

Hardtail moray, Minute moray

Elongate, slender, compressed; snout short, conical, broad; eye slightly before middle of jaw; jaws about equal sized; teeth conical, two rows at front of jaws, one row on sides; front nostril tubular, pointing forward; rear nostril a hole above eye, closely associated with a large pore, giving the appearance of a double nostril opening; dorsal and anal fins scarcely apparent, developed only as skin-covered ridges near tip of tail; tip of tail hard and pointed.

Brown with starshaped whitish blotches; tip of tail white.

Size: reaches about 17 cm.

Habitat: rocky areas.

Depth: 0-61 m.

Gulf of California to the Galapagos.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only
Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom only

Habitat

Rocks
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Corals
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
Reef only

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

Carnivore
No Data

Diet

No Data
Mobile benthic worms
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Egg Type

Pelagic
Pelagic larva
No data

Global Endemism

East Pacific endemic
Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
All species

Regional Endemism

TEP endemic
Island (s)
Continent
Continent + Island (s)
All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

IUCN Red List

Listed
Least concern

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

17

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

61

Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system: Species Data Report

Fri 29th Sep, 2023 04:52 pm

Species - Anarchias galapagensis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom only

Habitat

Rocks

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Corals

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

Reef only

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

No Data

Diet

No Data

Mobile benthic worms

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Reproduction

Egg Type

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

No data

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

East Pacific endemic

Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

All species

Regional Endemism

TEP endemic

Island (s)

Continent

Continent + Island (s)

All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)

Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Listed

Least concern

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

17

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

61

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

32.5095

Latitude Limit S

-0.2698

Longitude Limit W

-116.6658

Longitude Limit E

-77.706

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

32.7793

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

-38.9598

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

16.1199, -97.1859

Range Polygon Area: Km²

14,459,731 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

13.6662, -95.2521

Habitat Area

69,687 sq km

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

119

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

12,009,410 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

12.88,-96.05

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95	20.75	-105.42
96	21.43	-106.35
97	21.642	-106.523
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