Indifferent eel

Indifferent eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ethadophis
Species: E. akkistikos
Binomial name
Ethadophis akkistikos
McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

The Indifferent eel[2] (Ethadophis akkistikos) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Panama, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Texas, USA.[5] It dwells at a depth range of 55 to 58 metres (180 to 190 ft).[3]

The Indifferent eel is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist, due to there being few known specimens, and thereby a lack of certain information on the extent of its distribution and possible threats.[5]

References

  1. ↑ IUCN (2016). "Ethadophis akkistikos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Common names for Ethadophis akkistikos at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ethadophis akkistikos at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 5316] A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 32-44.
  5. 1 2 Ethadophis akkistikos at the IUCN redlist.


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