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Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1993
LONGFIN SPOTTED SNAKE-EEL
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Myrichthys aspetocheiros
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Myrichthys aspetocheiros

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Overview
Main identification features
  • head, snout and chin spotted
  • body: 2 rows dark spots
  • dorsal fin unmarked
  • throat: no spots
  • pectoral: length greater than base width
Snout rounded, conical; teeth granular, small, fixed, in 2 irregular rows on jaws and on roof of mouth; dorsal fin origin behind nape, before gill opening, nearer gill opening than tip of snout; pectoral fin present, broad based, short, relatively large - longer than width of base; gill openings at side, crescent shaped, inclined up and forward; front nostril tubular, rear opens into mouth; 159-167 vertebrae; tip of tail a hard finless point.

Tan above, paler below; 2 irregular rows of large brown spots on head and upper half of body, smaller spots on snout and chin; throat, pectoral fin + tip of tail unpigmented; median fins largely unmarked, a few dark smudges; eyes blue.

Size: 52 cm.

Habitat: sand bottoms.

Depth: 10-65 m.

Jalisco (Mexico) to Colombia, Cocos.


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: 65 m.
Depth Range Min: 10 m.
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=22; Southern limit=4; Western limit=-107; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=18; Longitudinal range=29.
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; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom; Rocks.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 52 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • 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.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
  • McCosker , J.E. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1993., A revision of the snake eel genus Myrichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new Eastern Pacific species., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 48:153-169.

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