Saint Helena Island country information

Common names: Short-maned Sand Eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: This eel is known only from the islands of St Helena and Ascension (Ref 5288).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sh.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Leiby, M., 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

长鼻短鳍鳗, Atlandi liimukangerjas, Hadař forestův, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Phaenomonas: Greek, phaino = to shine + Greek, monas = alone.

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

marin démersal; profondeur 25 - 35 m (Ref. 4455). Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Atlantic Ocean: rarely known from the islands of St. Helena and Ascension and Brazil (Ref. 54133); also in Ghana, Senegal and Cape Verde (Ref. 94547).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5288)

Burrows in sand or mud in shelf waters (Ref. 4455).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : McCosker, John E. | Collaborateurs

Edwards, A., 1990. Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Ref. 5288)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)