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Heterenchelyidae (Mud eels)
Etymology: Pythonichthys: Greek, python = the huge serpent or monster slain near Delphi by Apollo in the Greek mithology (1590) Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina revassocierade; djupintervall ? - 37 m (Ref. 13608). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: off Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Suriname.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.9 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 13608)
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Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Body nearly cylindrical; anus situated forward of mid-body; eye extremely small, embedded, merely a tiny dot, equidistant between tip of snout and corner of mouth; anterior nostril near tip of snout, posterior nostril immediately in front of eye (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
A benthic species found on reefs or rocky areas (Ref. 26340).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.), 1983. Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5664 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
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