FB-70698 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70698 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Clupeiformes Engraulidae Stolephorus Stolephorus hindustanensis Hata & Motomura, 2022 Kusanagi snake eel Kusanagi-umihebi 2024-08-20 2024-08-20 Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin0 Description of a new Ophichthus eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of Ophichthus kusanagi Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro0 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 This species is distinguished by the following characters: head 7.3-9.1% TL; tail 58-60% TL; body depth at gill opening 2.6-3.0% TL; snout 18-20% HL; posterior nostril opening is slightly above upper lip, concealed by a broad dermal flap; mandibular pores 6; preopercular pores 2; teeth on maxilla and vomer biserial; pectoral fin short (length 22–31% HL), its posterodorsal tip pointed, not elongated; dorsal-fin origin is behind pectoral-fin tip 2.0-2.5 times pectoral-fin length (i.e. horizontal distance from a vertical through gill opening to the origin 3.0-3.5 in the fin length and 0.7-1.0 times head length); margin of anal fin not dark-colored margin; pectoral-fin rays 13; total vertebrae 158-163, mean vertebral formula 19-60-160 (Ref. 131479). Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro 2019 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479) FB-Morphology-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 Vertebrae: 158 - 163 Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro 2019 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479) FB-Distribution-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 Northwest Pacific: Japan. Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro 2019 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479) FB-Uses-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 65.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 131479)) Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro 2019 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479) 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-70710 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70710 demersal; marine; depth range 285 - 480 m (Ref. 131479) Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro 2019 Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479)