Scolecenchelys robusta, Robust worm eel

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Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015

Robust worm eel
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Etymology: Scolecenchelys: Greek, skolex = worm (1855) + Greek, enchlys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335);  robusta: Named for its robust body, i.e., body depth deeper than that of its congeners..

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

marin benthopélagique. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: Réunion and Mauritius.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 104540)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Vertèbres: 130 - 136. This species of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 12-13 % TL; tail 54-58 % TL; body depth 3.7-4.2 % TL; snout 19-25 % HL; horizontal distance between dorsal-fin origin and a vertical through mid-anus 0.6-36 % HL; blunt snout blunt; rictus of mouth anterior to or just below a vertical through posterior margin of eye; upper-jaw teeth in biserial arrangement, vomer uniserial; predorsal vertebrae 50-53, preanal 49-51, total 130-136; MVF 52-50-132 (Ref. 104540).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Probably a shallow water species (depth of occurrence unknown) (Ref. 104540).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : McCosker, John E. | Collaborateurs

Hibino, Y. and S. Kimura, 2015. Revision of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). Ichthyol Res (Ref. 104540)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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