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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Mystriophis: Greek, mystrion = spoon + Greek, ophis = serpent.
Eponymy: Dr Alain Georges Paul Crosnier (1930-2021) was a French biologist and carcinologist at the MNHN, Paris, who published much on crustaceans. He initiated the deep trawling surveys off Madagascar (1970s). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 75 - 300 m (Ref. 4455). Tropical
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola including western Mediterranean.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 96.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4455)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Burrows in sand or mud near the edge of the continental shelf (Ref. 4455).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Leiby, M., 1990. Ophichthidae. p. 176-192. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4455)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [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) |
3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 84 [51, 155] mg/100g; Iron = 0.932 [0.552, 1.473] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.7, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.199 [0.087, 0.542] g/100g; Selenium = 108 [57, 209] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.3 [3.6, 33.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.864 [0.635, 1.224] mg/100g (wet weight); |