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Ecologia
; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 22°C - 34°C (Ref. 36880)
Central and South America: Mexico to northern Argentina.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 79717); common length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35237)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Body cylindrical and long; eyes small; dorsal and anal fins vestigial (Ref. 26543).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Anguilliform, has no pectoral and ventral fins; its dorsal and anal fins are vestigial (Ref. 27188). Adults inhabit streams, ponds, canals, drains, rice fields, both clear and turbid water (Ref. 11225). Nocturnal (Ref. 11225). Carnivore (Ref. 26543). The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205). A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Its being a facultative air-breather (Ref. 1468) explains, at least in part, why it is often missing from faunal inventories. At the start of the dry season when there's a decline in water level, it digs a tubular burrow in a bank or on the bottom. This burrow, which is for the most part sub-horizontal , can have several diverticula, followed by a vertical section which leads to the exterior by only one opening. Although breathing is slowed down, the fish remains active and flees if it is disturbed (Ref. 27188).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
A diandric species having both primary and secondary male developmental pathways. Length at sex change = 34.0 cm TL (Ref. 55367). Also Ref. 35344, 103751.
Kullander, S.O., 2003. Family Synbranchidae (Swamp-eels). p. 594-595. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 79717)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00091 (0.00058 - 0.00145), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
2.8 ±0.51 se; based on food items. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (83 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 61.2 [27.2, 179.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.04 [0.48, 2.53] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.4, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.137 [0.065, 0.296] g/100g; Selenium = 18.4 [7.0, 49.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.4 [2.5, 42.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.889 [0.522, 1.479] mg/100g (wet weight); |