Phyllophichthus diandrus, Bi-stamened flappy snake eel

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Phyllophichthus diandrus Hibino, Endo & Ho, 2024

Bi-stamened flappy snake eel
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Phyllophichthus: Greek, phyhllon = leaf + Greek, ophis =serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); diandrus: Name 'diandrus' from the Latin compound adjective meaning 'bi-stamened', in reference to the flower-like shaped tubular nostril with two papillae inside.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina. Subtropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Northwest Pacific: Chinese Taipei.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 133139)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 160. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: inside of anterior-nostril tube with two papillae; dorsal-fin origin well behind tip of pectoral fin, distance from the tip to the origin of dorsal fin 0.6 times of the fin; absence of teeth on maxilla and vomer; 25 branchial aches; vertebral formula 12-69-160 (Ref. 133139)
Cross section: circular.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : McCosker, John E. | Collaboratori

Hibino, Y., S. Endo and H.-C. Ho, 2024. A new species of Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951 (Actinopterygii, Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 1220:35-44 (Ref. 133139)

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

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica | Generatore frequenze di lunghezza | Strumento Parametri Biologici | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Catch-MSY |

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Fonti Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | Database Nazionali | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100). 🛈