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Main identification features
- slender; snout long pointed
- pores head and lateral linein dark spots
- tail: 74-80 percent total length ;
- large eye
- pectoral long, slender, restricted base
Slender snake eel, Long-tail snake-eel
Elongate, slender; tail very long (74-80% of total length), tip a hard finless point; head 7-9% of total length; snout long and pointed when viewed from above; eye large, over middle of mouth; front nostril tubular under overhanging snout; rear nostril a hole above top lip covered by a flap that extends down to or below edge of mouth; a small tentacle between front and rear nostril; dorsal fin origin ~over pectoral fin base; pectoral fins long and slender, with restricted base; opposite and above upper half of gill opening; teeth pointed, small, numerous, in 1 row on roof of mouth, one row on sides of jaws, slender, curved, widely spaced.
Color: Preserved fish uniform tan, paler below; fine brown flecking on head, chin, inside mouth, flanks and back; pores of head and front of lateral line in dark brown spots; fins pale.
Size: 59 cm.
Habitat: sand bottoms.
Depth: 0-70 m.
From Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) to Panama.
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: 70 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=21; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-106; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=13; Longitudinal range=27.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: 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: 59 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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