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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); brevidorsalis: Name from Latin, ‘brevidorsalis’ meaning short dorsal fin, referring to its diagnostic character, origin of the dorsal-fin.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 412 - 467 m (Ref. 121619). Subtropical
Western Pacific: New Caledonia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 121619)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 164. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 9.5% TL; tail 59.8% TL; pointed snout, 19.4% HL; large eye, 86.9% of snout length and 16.9% HL; dorsal-fin origin is well behind pectoral-fin tip by more than five times pectoral-fin length; teeth on jaws are biserial (single row posteriorly); anterior margin of anus no dark markings; SO 1+3; POM 6+2; predorsal vertebrae 43, preanal vertebrae 61, and total vertebrae 164 (Ref. 121619).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Hibino, Y., Y.-C. Chiu, H.-M. Chen and K.-T. Shao, 2019. Two new species of the genus Ophichthus from the western central Pacific Ocean, with a redescription of Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Zootaxa 4702(1):140-154. (Ref. 121619)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (0.00041 - 0.00214), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
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