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Species: Gymnothorax panamensis, Masked moray, Panamic moray

brown
eye in dark ring

both jaws: row white dots

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Gymnothorax panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)

Masked moray, Panamic moray

Robust; head large, snout short, forehead profile oblique; teeth pointed and well developed; outer series of teeth in jaws triangular, compressed, bent abruptly backwards at tips, their rear margins serrate; 1 row of small but evident teeth on roof of mouth; front nostril tubular, posterior nostril not tubular, flush with top head profile; dorsal and anal fins covered with skin, but clearly evident; dorsal fin origin well in front of level of gill opening.

Medium brown, yellowish brown on head; eye surrounded by a wide dark brown ring; pores on jaws surrounded by white.

Size: grows to 75 cm.

Habitat: rocky bottoms.

Depth: 1-20 m.

The Gulf of California to Ecuador.

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Salinity

Marine Only
Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom only
Bottom

Habitat

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

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

Data
Carnivore

Diet

Bony fishes
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Data

Egg Type

Pelagic
No data
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

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

Regional Endemism

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

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

20

Length Max

75

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

Sun 10th Dec, 2023 12:01 pm

Species - Gymnothorax panamensis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom only

Bottom

Habitat

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

Corals

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Rocks

Reef only

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Data

Carnivore

Diet

Data

Bony fishes

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Reproduction

Egg Type

Pelagic

No data

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

East Pacific endemic

Regional Endemism

TEP endemic

Continent

All species

Island (s)

Continent + Island (s)

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)

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

Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

75

Depth

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

20

Range

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

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

29.988

Latitude Limit S

-0.2698

Longitude Limit W

-120.29

Longitude Limit E

-77.706

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

30.2578

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

-42.584

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

14.8591, -98.998

Range Polygon Area: Km²

14,589,071 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

14.9255, -97.3926

Habitat Area

86,339 sq km

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

310

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

14,097,980 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

13.825,-97.7923

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