Anarchias supremus

Anarchias supremus McCosker & Stewart, 2006

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Anarchias: Greek, anarchia, -as = without a chief, lack of authority (Ref. 45335); supremus: Name from a Latin word meaning the uppermost, refers to having the most vertebrae of any known Anarchias.
More on authors: McCosker & Stewart.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Southwest Pacific: off Macauley Island, Kermadec Ridge.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56888)

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Vertebrae: 135. This small and moderately elongate species possess the following characters: tail 58% and head 9.4% of TL; the fourth supraorbital pore is adjacent to, above and behind posterior nostril; biserial teeth in jaws, uniserial on vomer; reddish brown in colour, overlain with a faint irregular stellate spot pattern posteriorly; head pores in small white spots, along lower half of flanks with pale spots , posterior half of body diffuse white bands, tail tip white; vertebrae, predorsal 122, preanal 127 and total 35 (Ref. 56888).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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McCosker, J.E. and A.L. Stewart, 2006. Additions to the New Zealand marine eel fauna with the description of a new moray, Anarchias supremus (Teleostei: Muraenidae), and comments on the identity of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillips. J. R. Soc. N. Z., 36(2):83-95. (Ref. 56888)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans






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