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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.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 300 - 423 m (Ref. 84366). Deep-water
Indo-Pacific: off the Philippines, Marquesas, Fiji, and the Seychelle Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 84366)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 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).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00093 (0.00041 - 0.00212), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |