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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Paraletharchus opercularis 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head spotted body - 4 rows dark spots d: margin spotted chin + throat barred no a Body elongate, compressed; eye relatively small: diameter = 1/3 length of lower jaw, 3-6-5.2% of head length; head and trunk longer than tail; tail tip a hard finless point; dorsal fin high, origin on head; no anal fin; no pectoral fins; gill openings below, converging anteriorly; gill chamber a large inflated pouch; front nostril tubular, down pointing, under snout; rear nostril a slit in upper lip just before eye; jaw teeth small, pointed and close set and in single rows. Yellow to tan; head with dense to sparse scattering of small dark spots, with 2-6 dark bands across chin and throat; body with a row of large dark spots along back just below dorsal fin, a row of smaller spots immediately above lateral line, which is translucent, and another below that line, another row along the ventral surface, those spots becoming crowded and fusing with each other posteriorly; dorsal fin white with narrow dark margin of spots. Size: 65 cm. Habitat: sandy bottoms. Depth: to 10 m. The Revillagigedos, Cocos and Galapagos. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 10 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=22; Longitudinal range=28. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 65 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Multiple oceanic islands endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References McCosker, J.E., 1974., A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus., Copeia, 1974:619-629. Myers , G.S. and Wade, C.B., 1941., Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9(4):65-111. Walker, B. W. and Baldwin, W. J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paraletharchus&speciesname=opercularis ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paraletharchus&speciesname=opercularis http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paraletharchus&speciesname=opercularis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paraletharchus&speciesname=opercularis https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paraletharchus&speciesname=opercularis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Paraletharchus-opercularis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Paraletharchus Species in    Ophichthidae - Classification - Ophichthinae Ophichthidae Anguilliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Paraletharchus opercularis ( Myers & Wade , 1941 ) Pouch snake eel Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Ophichthidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae Etymology: Paraletharchus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, lethargia = lethargy + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Myers & Wade . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 64.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31241 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Vertebrae : 170 - 180. Body cream to tan; with numerous brown spots. Spotted head and dorsal fin. Tubular anterior nostril. Suborbital pores three. Anal fin present. (Ref. 27478 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McCosker, John E. | Collaborators McCosker, J.E. , 1974. A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharcus . Copeia 1974(3):619-628. (Ref. 31241 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Vulnerable (VU)  (D2); Date assessed: 22 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00089 (0.00039 - 0.00204), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100). 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