FB-68622 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68622 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Labridae Choerodon Choerodon cypselurus Gomon, 2017 Long bodied snake eel 2018-01-29 2018-01-29 McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho0 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 This moderately elongate species is distinguished by the following characters:: tail 50-52%, head 9-10%, body depth at gill opening 2.6-3.2% of total length; dorsal-fin origin is above mid-pectoral fin; wedge-shaped pectoral fin not elongate and well-developed; posterior nostril is a hole within upper lip opening into mouth, not visible externally; conspicuous upper lip barbel behind anterior nostril; pores are small but conspicuous, SO 1+4, IO 6+2, POM 6+3; teeth are small and conical, uniserial on jaws and mandible; body coloration uniform grayish-brown, throat and ventral trunk region gray, body and tail brown, fins pale; total vertebrae 155-164, mean vertebral formula 11-69-159 (Ref. 106143). McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Morphology-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 Vertebrae: 155 - 164 McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Distribution-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 Northwest Pacific: Taiwan. McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Uses-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 62.3 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106143)) McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68631 reef-associated; marine; depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 106143) McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143)