Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina. Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), and Bahamas to northern South America. Scarce in western Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251); 50.0 cm TL (female)
A very, slender, elongate, cylindrical eel with a projecting lower jaw. Lateral line complete ending at base of tail. (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Young and females burrow in sandy tide pools and reef tracts. Males inhabit deeper water, possibly pelagic. Adults emerge at night and sometimes come to lights at the surface (Ref. 26938). Feed on burrowing invertebrates that live in the sand (Ref. 26938).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 23.8 - 28.2, mean 27.3 °C (based on 786 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [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).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 50 [20, 135] mg/100g; Iron = 0.584 [0.290, 1.102] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [16.8, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.203 [0.081, 0.560] g/100g; Selenium = 10.4 [4.1, 25.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [26, 489] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.4 [0.8, 2.2] mg/100g (wet weight);