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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Bascanichthys: Greek, baskanos, -os, -on = evil eye + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr George Sprague Myers (1905–1985), an American ichthyologist, bio-geographer and herpetologist, was Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Stanford, California. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Herre.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale. Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 78.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 127464)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vertebre: 215. This species has the following characters: origin of dorsal fin behind the middle of the head; body depth 1.5% TL; snout length 9.7% HL; upper jaw length 19.5% HL; dark bands on head (Ref. 127464).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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): 3.9 ±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 to high vulnerability (51 of 100).