Chilorhinus suensonii, Seagrass eel

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Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852

Seagrass eel
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Chilorhinus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Vice-Admiral Edouard Suenson (1805–1887) was a Danish naval officer who collected specimens during his voyages, including some of the type material for this species. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lütken.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife. Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA to Bahia in Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría


Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits sandy areas and seagrass beds, usually bathed by clear, oceanic waters. Feeds on small fish and invertebrates (Ref. 42064).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

They migrate en mass towards the open sea and have leptocephalus larvae.

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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: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés
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Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 25 - 28.1, mean 27.4 °C (based on 604 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.0   ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 60.8 [31.0, 123.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.54 [0.31, 1.04] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.9, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.155 [0.065, 0.457] g/100g; Selenium = 38.2 [17.0, 82.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 177 [46, 657] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.4 [0.9, 2.0] mg/100g (wet weight);