Marble-toothed snake-eel

Marble-toothed snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Ophichthidae
Genus:Pisodonophis
Species: P. daspilotus
Binomial name
Pisodonophis daspilotus
Gilbert, 1898
Synonyms[1]
  • Pisoodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898

The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.[5] It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of 10 metres (33 ft), and inhabits sand and mud sediments and mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of 68 centimetres (27 in).[3]

The IUCN redlist currently lists the Marble-toothed snake eel as Near Threatened, due to the decline in mangroves in its range of habitat. The population of the Marble-toothed snake eel is estimated to have declined by 25% over a course of 10–15 years.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Jordan, D. S. and B. W. Evermann, 1898 (26 Nov.) [ref. 2445] 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. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136.
  5. 1 2 Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.


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