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Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856)

Pacific snake eel
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  triserialis: Name from Latin 'triserialis', 3-rowed, for the patterin of spots.
More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 1 - 155 m (Ref. 31243). Subtropical

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Eastern Pacific: off Klamath River in northern California, USA to Peru, including Gulf of California in Mexico and Galapagos Islands Rare in north of Baja California, Mexico. Common on shrimp grounds from Gulf of California southward.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 122 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 96339); common length : 80.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 55763); publicerad maxvikt: 373.25 g (Ref. 91172)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Ryggkotor: 145 - 152.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms, from shallow waters up to a depth of 20 m (Ref. 9328). Burrows in bottoms. Generally captured from tide pool depths to 155 m (Ref. 31243).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15 - 28.9, mean 22.3 °C (based on 158 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00141 (0.00071 - 0.00280), b=2.95 (2.77 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.60 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).