Ophichthus macrochir, Bigfin snake eel

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Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)

Bigfin snake eel
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

West Pacific; restricted.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 92.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 214 - 221. This species is distinguished by the following : body strongly wrinkled; head length 5.0-6.7% TL; tail length 62.5-69.3% TL; with 2 protrusions along the upper lip; dorsal-fin origin approximately same vertical through pectoral-fin tip; supraorbital pores 1 + 4, preoperculomandibular pores 4-5 (usually 5) + 2; teeth on maxilla mostly uniserial, on the mandible biserial; teeth on vomer bi- or triserial; total vertebrae 214-221; mean vertebral formula, 11-70-217. Colouration: body uniformly black to dark brown; dorsal and anal fins are dark gray to black (Ref. 133101).
Cross section: circular.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits sand and mud bottoms to 25 m (Ref. 90102).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : McCosker, John E. | Colaboradores

Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi = Ikan air tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 293 p. (Ref. 13274)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés
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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 24.9 - 29.1, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1292 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.0   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (57 of 100). 🛈