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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); johnmccoskeri: Named after John E. McCosker, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, in honour of his vast contributions to the taxonomy of ophichthid eels.
Eponymy: Dr John Edward McCosker (d: 1945) is an ichthyologist and evolutionary biologist who is Senior Scientist and first Professor of Aquatic Research at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: India.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 129615)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 156 - 158. This moderate-sized species is distinguished by the following characters: preanal length 2-6 in TL; DFO well behind the pectoral-fin tip; pectoral fin well developed and rounded; posterior nostril a hole in the upper lip opening towards the mouth and covered by a flap; single barbel between the anterior and posterior nostrils; teeth elongated, conical and sharp, vomerine teeth biserial anteriorly, multi- to triserial and biserial medially, and in a single row posteriorly, while maxillary teeth biserial anteriorly and triserial posteriorly, lower jaw teeth in a single row followed by biserial and triserial teeth posteriorly, tip of lower jaw toothless; vertebrae, predorsal 24, preanal 51-52, total 156-158 (Ref. 129615).
Cross section: oval.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Mohapatra, A., D. Ray, S.R. Mohanty and S.S. Mishra, 2018. Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 4462(2):251-256. (Ref. 129615)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
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