FB-70971 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70971 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Hampala Hampala siamensis Panitvong & Hui, 2025 Mekong’s estuary snake eel Cá lịch mơ 2025-03-11 2025-03-11 Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah0 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: occipital not convex prominently, dorsal of snout with median shallow groove, reaching to interorbital pore; three or more shallow wrinkles (usually 3) on posterior part of eye; body with numerous longitudinal wrinkles, also prominent on abdomen; head length 5.2-6.2% TL; tail length 65.4-68.8% TL; two protrusions along upper lip from each side (some paratypes 1 on one side); dorsal-fin origin slightly behind pectoral-fin tip; SO 1 + 3, POM 5 (or rarely 6) + 2; teeth small (but larger in intermaxillary and anterior vomer); body dark brown, paler abdomen; dark-margined dorsal fin, anal fin initially pale but in posterior part with faded dark margin, the area more than two head length; total vertebrae 199-207, MVF 14-62-202 (Ref. 133101). Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Morphology-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 Vertebrae: 199 - 207 Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Distribution-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 Western Central Pacific: Vietnam. Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Uses-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 99.8 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 133101)) Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) 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-70980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70980 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 8 - 20 m (Ref. 133101) Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101)