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Bascanichthys kabeyawan Hibino & Ho, 2022

Kabeyawan sand eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Bascanichthys: Greek, baskanos, -os, -on = evil eye + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  kabeyawan: Named for the type locality Checheng, using its old name kabeyawan (Taiwanese: ku-piah-uan), which is a territory of the aboriginal Paiwan people during the Dutch occupation period (1624-1662); noun in apposition..

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 1 m (Ref. 127464). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127464)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters; extremely elongate; head 4.6% TL; tail 52.3% TL; body depth at gill opening 1.1% TL; predorsal-fin length 58.4% HL; snout length 10.9% HL; lateral-line pores anterior to anus 104; vertebral formula 4-103-224; and dorsal-fin origin slightly behind middle of head and above fourth lateral-line pore. Colouration: body bicolored, no bands on head (Ref. 127464).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The single specimen was collected by a trap net operated by a local fisherman who targeted glass eel species of Anguilla. It was collected together with other snake eels, such as Lamnostoma sp. and Ophichthus sp., and was probably chasing the fish larvae to the river mouth (Ref. 127464).

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Hibino, Y., K. Yamashita, Y. Sakurai and H.-C. Ho, 2022. Two new species of the snake eel genus Bascanichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 5189(1):103-113. (Ref. 127464)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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