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Main identification features
- head: pores in black rings;
- body: ~10 narrow pale bars
- tail: 63-65 percent total length
- pectoral long, pointed
Moderately elongate; tail 63-65% of total length; head 11-13.5% of total length; a conspicuous barbel between front and rear nostrils, usually 2 barbels behind rear nostril; dorsal fin origin over pectorals; pectorals long, pointed, longer than mouth; both nostrils tubular, rear that opens into mouth; teeth conical, numerous, 1 row on roof of mouth and side of lower jaw, 2 rows on side of top jaw.
(Preserved fish) Pale, snout, forehead, nape and upper surface of body to below lateral line with dense peppering of brown dots; flanks with about 10 irregularly spaced pale bars; head pores in black rings, but lateral line pores not; dorsal fin with faint dark margin; anal pale, faint dark margin on rear fifth; pectoral colorless, fine spotting on inner base.
Size: grows to 28 cm.
Habitat: benthic on soft bottoms.
Depth: 25-80 m.
Known from Mexico (Nayarit) to Costa Rica.
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: 80 m.
Depth Range Min: 25 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes; octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=23; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-106; Eastern limit=-83; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=23.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 28 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- McCosker , J.E. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1998., A revision of the Eastern pacific snake-Eel genus Ophichthus (anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) With the Description of Six New Species., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 50:397-432.
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