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Species: Muraena lentiginosa, Jewel moray

both nostrils tubular

variable: brown + dark-edged cream spots; or pale + brown mottling

gill opening: indistinct black spot

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Muraena lentiginosa Jenyns, 1842

Jewel moray

Snout moderate, more or less conical; both nostrils distinctly tubular, rear one over front edge of eye; jaws not arched, mouth completely closable; jaw teeth slender, conical, not serrated, in single row on each jaw; gill opening a small slit in a black spot on mid-side; head and trunk shorter than tail; dorsal fin origin before gill opening; lateral line pores absent except for 1-2 (usually) pores above and before gill opening.

Coloration variable but typically brown with dark-edged yellow spots, becoming more numerous with growth; other varieties are yellowish brown to nearly white with darker brown mottling; a rather inconspicuous black area covering gill opening; black spot at rear corner of mouth preceded by a white area on lower jaw .

Size: reaches 61 cm

Habitat: rocky bottoms.

Depth: 5-25 m

The Gulf of California to northern Peru.

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Salinity

Marine Only
Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom only

Habitat

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

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Data
Carnivore

Diet

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Data
Bony fishes

Egg Type

Pelagic larva
Pelagic
No data

Global Endemism

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

Regional Endemism

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

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

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

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

61

Depth Range Min

5

Depth Range Max

25

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

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Species - Muraena lentiginosa

Habitat

Salinity

Marine Only

Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom only

Habitat

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

Rocks

Reef only

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Data

Carnivore

Diet

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Data

Bony fishes

Reproduction

Egg Type

Pelagic larva

Pelagic

No data

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

East Pacific endemic

All species

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)

All species

Island (s)

Continent

TEP endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

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

South Temperate (Peruvian Province )

Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

61

Depth

Depth Range Min

5

Depth Range Max

25

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

-6.1532

Longitude Limit W

-116.6658

Longitude Limit E

-77.706

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

38.6627

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

-38.9598

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

13.1782, -97.1859

Range Polygon Area: Km²

17,055,040 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

14.3914, -96.8206

Habitat Area

97,261 sq km

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

419

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

15,695,685 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

12.18,-95.4235

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