Smallfish snake-eel

Smallfish snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Ophichthidae
Genus:Quassiremus
Species: Q. nothochir
Binomial name
Quassiremus nothochir
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophichthys nothochir Gilbert, 1890

The smallfish snake-eel (Quassiremus nothochir, also known as the redsaddled snake eel in Mexico[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf of California and Costa Rica.[5] It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of 20 metres (66 ft), and inhabits sand and rock sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[3]

Due to its wide distribution in its region, its lack of known threats and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Smallfish snake-eel as Least Concern.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Quassiremus nothochir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Quassiremus nothochir at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Quassiremus nothochir at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Gilbert, C. H. 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
  5. 1 2 Quassiremus nothochir at the IUCN redlist.


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