Ophichthus acutidens Samucidine & Bogorodsky, 2026
Sharp-teeth snake eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); acutidens: Name 'acutidens' from a Latin word meaning 'sharp-toothed' or 'pointed-toothed', in reference to the distinctly sharp, recurved maxillary and mandibular teeth and the three enlarged, sharp vomerine teeth.
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); acutidens: Name 'acutidens' from a Latin word meaning 'sharp-toothed' or 'pointed-toothed', in reference to the distinctly sharp, recurved maxillary and mandibular teeth and the three enlarged, sharp vomerine teeth.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
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Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique.
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Vertebrae: 152. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body depth 32.0 TL; dorsal-fin origin slightly posterior to pectoral-fin tip; head length 11.1 in TL; teeth conical, sharp, all recurved, maxillary teeth biserial, teeth of inner row larger than teeth of outer row; vomerine teeth uniserial, three anterior teeth stout, enlarged; pectoral fins lanceolate; body mainly uniform pale olivaceous, ventral part of trunk with white triangular area, posterior margin of dorsal and anal fins narrowly black; and total vertebrae 152, including 13 predorsal and 61 preanal vertebrae (Ref. 138908).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
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Main reference
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Samucidine, K., S.V. Bogorodsky, Y. Hibino, P. Matiku, G. Matcher and R. Bills, 2026. A new species of snake eel of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Mozambique. Zootaxa 5793(2):496-508. (Ref. 138908)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 🛈 |