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Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Yellow snake eel
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335)zophochir: Name from Greek zophochi meaning dark hand, referring to the dusky pectoral fin (Ref. 4525).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 110 m (Ref. 31243). Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Eureka in northern California, USA to Peru; uncommon in north of Baja California, Mexico.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 98.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 96339); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 149 - 162.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits rocky and sandy areas. A burrowing species. Feeds on clams and fish (Ref. 4525).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : McCosker, John E. | Colaboradores

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: Version 2024-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.6 - 28.6, mean 23.4 °C (based on 122 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00085 (0.00045 - 0.00162), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.60 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.30).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).