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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); tomioi: Named for Tomio Iwamoto, CAS.
Eponymy: Dr Tomio Iwamoto (d: 1939) is Curator Emeritus, Ichthyology, at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability at California Academy of Sciences. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: McCosker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري قاعية التغذية و المعيشة; نطاق العمق 300 - 423 m (Ref. 84366). Deep-water
Indo-Pacific: off the Philippines, Marquesas, Fiji, and the Seychelle Islands.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.7 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 84366)
وصف مختصر
مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
فقرات: 166 - 189. This moderately elongate species of Ophichthus, subgenus Coecilophis is distinguished by the following characters: tail 59-62.5% and head 9.1-10% of total length; origin of dorsal-fin slightly ahead of end of pectoral filaments; pointed, elongate and filamentous pectoral fins, posterior nostril a hole in outer lip and covered by an anterior flap; large eye nearly equal to snout; minute head pores, SO 1+4, IO 4+2, POM 2+6-7; small, conical and numerous teeth, uniserial on vomer, regularly biserial and close set on maxillary and mandible; yellow in color, tan along mid-flanks, hindmost ventral surface of tail black; vertebral formula 16/62/169, total vertebrae 166-189 (Ref. 84366).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
McCosker, J.E., 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505:1-39. (Ref. 84366)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير ذات اهمية
أدوات
تقارير خاصة
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 4.7 - 13.7, mean 9.9 °C (based on 11 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00091 (0.00039 - 0.00215), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (Ref.
120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
