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Etymology: Ophisternon: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, sternon = chest (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Rosen & Greenwood.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale. Tropical

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Central America: throughout the Atlantic Slope of Guatemala and Mexico to Cuba.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 13498)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

With small inconspicuous blotches; gill opening far forward on underside of head. No paired fins (Ref. 26938).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in a variety of habitats from standing water in small muddy pools to clear running water in streams and larger bodies of water such as lakes (Ref. 79717). The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Fávorito, Sandra | Collaboratori

Kullander, S.O., 2003. Family Synbranchidae (Swamp-eels). p. 594-595. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 79717)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 September 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00085 (0.00039 - 0.00184), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).

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