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Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith, 1962)

Nebulous snake eel
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India country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Laccadives.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Xestochilus: Greek, xestos, -e, -on = polished + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Smith.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學

海洋 居於水底的; 深度上下限 2 - 42 m (Ref. 27478).   

分布 國家 | FAO區域 | 生態系 | 發現紀錄 | Point map | 簡介 | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific.

大小 / 重量 / 年齡

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm SL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 27478)

生物學特性     字彙 (例如 epibenthic)

Inhabits sand and weed bottoms, also in tidepools (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔魚


主要參考資料 Upload your references | 參考文獻 | 合作者 : McCosker, John E. | 合作者

McCosker, J.E., 1998. A revision of the snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(7):185-215. (Ref. 27478)

IUCN 瀕危狀態 (Ref. 130435)

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