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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8e4248ca-8859-4491-acc0-2ca86da5cd18 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ophisternon&speciesname=bengalense ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ophisternon&speciesname=bengalense http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ophisternon&speciesname=bengalense ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ophisternon&speciesname=bengalense https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ophisternon&speciesname=bengalense ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Ophisternon-bengalense.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    Ophisternon Species in    Synbranchidae - Classification - Synbranchidae Synbranchiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Ophisternon bengalense McClelland , 1844 Bengal eel Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Ophisternon bengalense Picture by Ramani Shirantha Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Synbranchidae (Swamp-eels) Etymology: Ophisternon: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, sternon = chest (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: McClelland . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 19°N - 10°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Asia and Oceania: India and Sri Lanka to south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea. Recorded from Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and Palau (Ref. 6371 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236 ); common length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44894 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274 ); Adults inhabit both fresh and brackish waters of rivers and swamps (Ref. 2847 , 44894 ) or near the river mouth (Ref. 13533 ). They occur mainly in thick vegetation of muddy, still water bodies, such as lagoons, swamps, canals and rice fields (Ref. 6028 ). Live in soft bottom sediments in quiet, well vegetated backwaters of brackish estuaries and nearby swamps (Ref. 44894 ), usually in burrows. Prefer estuarine or tidal areas, as efficient burrowers. The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205 ). Marketed fresh, usually not kept alive for long periods of time (Ref. 12693 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fávorito, Sandra | Collaborators Allen, G.R. , 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 11 August 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: of no interest 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=0.00085 (0.00039 - 0.00184), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.3   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High vulnerability (60 of 100). Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-25 07:16:46 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation