Facts about Reef Moray (Kaupichthys hyoproroides)

A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) occurring in and around coral reefs and rocky shores. Also Ref. 58302.

Castle, P.H.J. 1986 Xenocongridae. p. 186-187. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3251) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3251&speccode=9041

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Distribution

Georges Bank to the Antilles

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Distribution

Cargados Carajos, Gulf of Maine, Mauritius, North West Atlantic, Reunion, South Africa (country)

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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marquesan and Society islands, north to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands; throughout Micronesia. Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and Venezuela (Ref. 7251). However, according to Tighe, the Indo-Pacific species Kaupichthys diodontus, may be distinct from Kaupichthys hyproroides of the Atlantic (Ref. 11303).

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Morphology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0

Myers, R.F. 1989 Micronesian reef fishes: A practical guide to the identification of the inshore marine fishes of the tropical central and western Pacific. First Edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4538

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Size

Maximum size: 300 mm TL

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Max. size

30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602))

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Diagnostic Description

Greenish brown above, lighter below (Ref. 3251).

Myers, R.F. 1989 Micronesian reef fishes: A practical guide to the identification of the inshore marine fishes of the tropical central and western Pacific. First Edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4538

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Type Information

Paratype for Kaupichthys hyoproroides
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1884
Locality: Caribbean Southeast of Jamaica (Albatross Bank), Jamaica, Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
Depth (m): 95 to 95
Vessel: Albatross

Paratype: Bohlke, J. E. 1956. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 108: 66.

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Habitat

benthic

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Habitat

occurring in and around coral reefs and rocky shores

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Depth range based on 162 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 130 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.5 - 3500
  Temperature range (°C): 2.459 - 27.744
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.047 - 32.916
  Salinity (PPS): 34.447 - 37.058
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.149 - 6.141
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.028 - 2.283
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.798 - 35.769

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0.5 - 3500

Temperature range (°C): 2.459 - 27.744

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.047 - 32.916

Salinity (PPS): 34.447 - 37.058

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.149 - 6.141

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.028 - 2.283

Silicate (umol/l): 0.798 - 35.769

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Public Domain

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Depth: 0 - 56m.
Recorded at 56 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated.

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Environment

reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 95 m (Ref. 58302)

Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58302&speccode=46

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Kaupichthys hyoproroides

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

MFLII569-07|MFL889|Kaupichthys hyoproroides| ------------------------------------------CTTTATTTAGTATTCGGTGCTTGAGCCGGCATAGTGGGAACAGCCTTA---AGCCTACTAATCCGTGCCGAGCTTAGCCAGCCAGGAGCTCTTCTTGGAGAC---GACCAAATCTATAACGTCATCGTCACGGCGCATGCATTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCTGTTATAATCGGAGGATTTGGAAACTGACTAGTCCCATTAATA---ATCGGAGCCCCCGATATAGCTTTCCCCCGAATGAACAACATGAGCTTTTGACTTCTCCCCCCCTCCTTCCTCCTTCTACTTGCCTCCTCAGGAGTAGAAGCAGGCGCAGGTACGGGATGAACAGTGTACCCCCCCTTGGCCGGAAACCTTGCCCACGCTGGGGCCTCCGTTGATTTA---ACAATTTTCTCCTTGCACTTAGCGGGAGTATCCTCAATTCTAGGGGCTATTAACTTTATTACTACTATTATTAATATAAAACCTCCAGCAATTACACAATACCAGACACCACTATTCGTATGAGCCGTGTTAGTTACAGCCATCCTCCTGTTACTATCTCTACCAGTACTTGCTGCC---GGCATTACTATGCTGCTAACAGACCGAAACTTAAACACAACATTCTTCGACCCAGCCGGAGGCGGAGATCCGATCCTCTACCAG-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Kaupichthys hyoproroides

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 14
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Threats

Not Evaluated

IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073

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