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Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864

Dark-shouldered snake eel
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French Polynesia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Society Islands (Ref. 123091). Also Ref. 37816.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Myers, R.F., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blacksaddle snake eel, Dark-shouldered snake-eel, Igat, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 30 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 38°N - 26°S, 96°E - 148°W

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Myanmar to the Society Islands.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 115 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 90102)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vértebras: 155 - 157. Body pale, almost white, with dark snout (Ref. 48635) and distinctive marking on back of head.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits muddy to sandy inshore areas and occasionally forages in the open at night (Ref. 637). Burrowing species (Ref. 75154). Caught rarely with gill net from the muddy shallow bottoms of Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 637). Nocturnally active (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : McCosker, John E. | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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