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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Apterichtus: From the Greek απτερόν (apteron), without fins, and ίχθύς (ichtus, more correctly written ichthys; masculine), fish; jeffwilliamsi: Named for Jeffrey T. Williams (National Museum of Natural History, USNM).
Eponymy: Dr Jeffrey T Williams. (See Williams) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 4 - 16 m (Ref. 101270). Tropical
Distribuição
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Western Central Pacific: Vanuatu.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL (female)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vértebras: 138 - 142. This species is distinguished by the following by the following characters: tail 1.7-1.8, head 13-16, and body depth 65-73 in total length; preopercular pores 4, supratemporal canal with 5-9 pores; teeth conical, uniserial on jaws and vomer; and with a single vomerine tooth; anterior nostril non-tubular, a hole; snout is sharp, slope approximately 30° relative to underside;
body colouration pinkish white, with numerous brown to orange spots that are less than eye diameter; MVF 58-140, total vertebrae 138-142 (Ref. 101270).
Captured over a rippled sand bottom. The largest female specimen (30.5 cm TL) was with ripened eggs, 0.7-0.9 mm in diameter (Ref. 101270).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
McCosker, J.E. and Y. Hibino, 2015. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941(1):49-78. (Ref. 101270)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
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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=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
