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Common names: Spotted spoon-nose eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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Common names from other countries

Safío dentudo lunado, Tieso pintado, Tieso cucharón manchado, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Echiophis: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 100 m (Ref. 5217). Tropical; 37°N - 6°S

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 180 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); common length : 150 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217)

Found on soft bottoms.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : McCosker, John E. | Collaboratori

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848)