Clarion snake eel
| Clarion snake eel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrichthys |
| Species: | M. pantostigmius |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 | |
The Clarion snake eel[2] (Myrichthys pantostigmius) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Ernest Alexander McGregor in 1898.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[3][1] It inhabits shallow waters - at a maximum depth of 20 metres - and is found around rocks and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.4 centimetres (19.4 in).[3]
Following an assessment carried out on 22 May 2007, due to a lack of known threats and a lack of observed population decline, the Clarion snake eel was listed in the IUCN redlist as Least Concern in 2010.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; and Lea, B. (2010). "Myrichthys pantostigmius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T183905A8197556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183905A8197556.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ↑ "Common names for Myrichthys pantostigmius". fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myrichthys pantostigmius". FishBase.
- ↑ Jordan, D. S.; B. W. Evermann (26 November 1898). "The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47 (Part III): 2183a–3136.
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