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Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)

Highfin snake eel
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Maldives country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993
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Common names from other countries

Blackfin snake eel, Anguille-serpent à nageoire moire, 高鳍蛇鳗, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kaup.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 2 - 20 m (Ref. 89972).   Tropical

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Indo-Pacific.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 89972)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 177 - 179. Color tan to brown; larger specimens becoming darker above lateral midline and its median fins with black margin; pectoral fins dark; those of smaller specimens may be clear. A prominent pale spot before eye and a smaller pale spot on snout above anterior nostril. Barbels prominent along ventral margin of upper lip; one beneath the anterior margin of the eye, the other midway between it and the base of the anterior nostril. Dorsal fin elevated , its origin just above or slightly in advance of gill openings. Pectoral fins elongate, 2.4-2.8 HL.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A benthic (Ref. 75154) and burrowing species which occurs over soft bottoms of inshore waters (Ref. 7300, 75154). Feeds on cephalopodes, crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 89972). Solitary in sand, often with head protruding (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : McCosker, John E. | Colaboradores

McCosker, J.E. and J.E. Randall, 2002. Ophichthys melanochir Bleeker, 1865, a junior synonym of the highfin snake eel Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856). Copeia 2002(3):798-799. (Ref. 43769)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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