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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); lentiginosus: Named for its general coloration, Latin 'lentiginosus' meaning freckled.
More on author: McCosker.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 398 - 400 m (Ref. 84366). Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: off Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - 62.8 cm
Max length : 62.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 84366); 56.3 cm TL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 140 - 144. This stout species of Ophichthus, subgenus Coecilophis is distinguished by the following characters: tail 55-56% and head 10.6-12% of total length; origin of dorsal-fin behind pectoral-fin tips; non-elongated pectoral fins is shorter that the upper jaw; posterior nostril a hole in upper lip and is covered by a flap; minute head pores, SO 1+4, IO 1+4, POM 3+6; stout and conical teeth, not enlarged, uniserial on mandible and vomer, biserial on maxillary; uniform brown in color, pale ventrally, overlain throughout with minute dark punctuations, median fins pale; mean vertebral formula 16/55.5/142, total vertebrae 140-144 (Ref. 84366).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
McCosker, J.E., 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505:1-39. (Ref. 84366)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
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).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.9 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).
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