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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Eponymy: In Greek mythology Gordias was a farmer who, by fulfilling an oracle, became King of Phrygia (in modern Turkey). [...] Dr Mark M Leiby (d: 1944) is an ichthyologist who is a retired Specimens Collections Manager at the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Marine Research Laboratory, St Petersburg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: McCosker & Böhlke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 37 - 72 m (Ref. 43688). Temperate
Western Central Atlantic: Florida and Puerto Rico. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Collected from sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 43688).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
McAllister, D.E., 1990. A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index. (Ref. 27116)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3 - 27.1, mean 23.7 °C (based on 61 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00091 (0.00039 - 0.00215), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).