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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 only
Bottom

Habitat

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

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

No Data
Carnivore

Diet

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

Egg Type

Pelagic
Pelagic larva
No data

Global Endemism

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

Regional Endemism

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

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

Least concern
Listed

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

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Species - Anarchias galapagensis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine Only

Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom only

Bottom

Habitat

Corals

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

Reef only

Rocks

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

No Data

Carnivore

Diet

Mobile benthic worms

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

No Data

Reproduction

Egg Type

No data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

East Pacific endemic

Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

All species

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)

All species

TEP endemic

Island (s)

Continent

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

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

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

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

Points
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91	19	-111
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93	20.62	-105.25
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95	20.75	-105.42
96	21.43	-106.35
97	21.642	-106.523
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117	26.55	-111.7
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