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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ichthyapus: Greek, ichthys = fish + Greek, a = without + Greek, pous = feet; insularis: From the Latin word insularis, of an island, referring to its apparent endemic location..
More on author: McCosker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 1 m (Ref. 76875). Tropical
Southeast Atlantic: known only from Acension Is.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 76875)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 121 - 126. An elongate finless species of sphagebranchin (sensu McCosker 1977)ophichthine with: tail 57-60% and head 9- 11% of total length; 4 preopercular pores and 5 pores in supratemporal canal; teeth conical, uniserial on jaws and vomer; body mostly colorless in preservative; and mean vertebral formula -45-123.5, total vertebrae 121-126.
Collected among rocks and sand.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
McCosker, J.E., 2004. A new species of finless snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Ascension Island, with comments on Ichthyapus acutirostris. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 55(7):169-173. (Ref. 76875)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00089 (0.00039 - 0.00204), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
