FB-70699 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70699 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gadiformes Gaidropsaridae Gaidropsarus Gaidropsarus mauritanicus Knorrn, Beuck & Freiwald, 2024 Lupine snake eel Yamainu-umihebi 2024-08-21 2024-08-21 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-70711 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=70711 This species is distinguished by the following characters: head 7.8-8.1% TL; tail 58-59%; TL; body depth at gill opening 2.6-3.1% TL; snout 24% HL; posterior nostril opening is above the upper lip, concealed by a broad dermal flap; absence of small papillae on snout, lips and lower jaw, except along inner lip between anterior and posterior nostrils; one + four supraorbital pores; mandibular pores 6 or 7; preopercular pores 2; teeth on maxilla biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly or completely uniserial, vomer uniserial or irregularly uniserial; pectoral fin short, its length 20-25% HL, round in shape; dorsal-fin origin is behind pectoral-fin tip 0.5-0.9 times pectoral-fin length (i.e. horizontal distance from a vertical through gill opening to the origin 1.5-1.9 in the fin length and 0.4 times head length); anal fin clear without a dark colored margin; 13 predorsal vertebrae 13, preanal 68-69, total 180-182 (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-70711 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=70711 Vertebrae: 180 - 182 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-70711 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=70711 Northwest Pacific: East China Sea. 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-70711 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=70711 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70711 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=70711 55.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 131479)); 84.2 cm TL (female) 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-70711 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=70711 demersal; marine; depth range 191 - 237 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)