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Main identification features
- large, humped head; top snout concave
- eye low
- grey-brown, dorsal fin and a: black edges
- mouth oblique; teeth large, exposed
Body and head stout, cylindrical; tail compressed at rear; head long and fat, with a hump over and behind the eye; snout narrow, with concave upper profile, short; mouth oblique; jaws elongate, the lower one a little longer and slightly projecting; front nostril in a small barbel on the top lip before the eye, rear nostril opens in a hole in the top lip under the front edge of the eye; eye small, low on head, with rear edge at the middle of the mouth; tongue with appendages, developed as a fleshy lure; gill opening vertical, elongate, low on side; teeth elongate, conical, but not curved, front teeth developed as large fangs extending outside mouth when closed; dorsal fin origin well behind pectoral tips; tail tip blunt, finless; pectoral fins small, rounded, with narrow base, inserted behind the top corner of the gill opening.
Body and head grey-brown, paler on lower 1/3; eye grey; pectoral fin a little darker than body; dorsal fin same color as body, with thin black margin; anal fin same color as lower body with outer 1/3 black; tip of tail pale; lateral line pores on body not in pale spots; pores around mouth and on side of head above and before gill opening in small pale spots; lines of white dots on side and top of the head, which form the letter U across the top of the head (as viewed from above) and a zigzag on the side of the head (which forms the letter Z on the right side).
Size: 104 cm.
Habitat: mud bottom in estuary. Known from a single specimen collected by a shrimp trawler.
Depth: 5-10 m.
The mouth of the Golfo de San Miguel in eastern Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=9; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-79; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; 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: 104 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- McCosker , J. E. and Robertson, D. R., 2001., Aplatophis zorro, a new species of eastern Pacific snake-eel, with comments on New World ophichthid distributions (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):13-19.
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Aplatophis zorro, Snaggle-toothed snake-eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
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Ophichthidae
(Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology:
Aplatophis:
Greek, aplatos, apletos = terrible + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref.
45335
)
;
zorro:
zorro
in reference to the coloration of the pore pattern along the face, reminiscent of the slash mark of the swordsman Zorro (Ref.
43686
)
.
More on authors:
McCosker
&
Robertson
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 10 m (Ref.
43686
). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Panama.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
?
range ? - ? cm
Max length : 104 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
43686
)
Short description
Morphology
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Morphometrics
Vertebrae
: 120. Stout ophichthid with nearly uniform gray or brown coloration, overlain on head with a prominent pattern of small white spots; depth 23 times in TL; head large, 6.7 times in TL; dorsal fin arises well behind pectoral fin tips; pectoral fins not elongate, rounded; eye small; jaw elongate, the lower projecting; nostrils tiny, in upper lip; jaw teeth conical, some enlarged as fangs anteriorly, biserial in jaws and uniserial in vomer (Ref.
43686
).
Assumed to live in permanent or semi-permanent burrows with only snout and eyes exposed, darting to feed on other fishes and crustaceans (Ref.
43686
).
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Distinct pairing (Ref.
205
).
McCosker, J.E. and D.R. Robertson
, 2001.
Aplatophis zorro
, a new species of eastern Pacific snake-eel, with comments on New World ophichthid distributions (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(Suppl.1):13-19. (Ref.
43686
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Data deficient (DD)
; Date assessed:
22 May 2007
CITES
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Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
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
): 3.9 ±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
): High vulnerability (62 of 100).
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