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Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927

Broadnose worm eel
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Etymology: Myrophis: Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).

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

seewasser; brackwasser demersal; tiefenbereich ? - 186 m (Ref. 5951). Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba (Ref. 26340), Lesser Antilles, and Belize. Reported from the northern coast of South America (Ref. 5217). Also southern Brazil (Ref. 26938).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5521)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Pale with widely spaced small black spots on back side (Ref. 26938).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Inhabits tidal creeks or protected and semi-protected bays, never from the surf zone (Ref. 5521).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

Hauptreferenz Upload your references | Referenzen | Koordinator : McCosker, John E. | Partner

Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Harmless





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