Ophichthus multidentis, Many-teeth snake eel

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Ophichthus multidentis Hibino, Ho & Huang, 2024

Many-teeth snake eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus: Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); multidentis: Name 'multidentis' from the Latin words 'multi' and 'dentes', meaning 'many' and 'teeth', in reference to the four tooth rows on jaws of the novel species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Chinese Taipei.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 69.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133140)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 162 - 164. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 8.0-8.8% TL; tail 56.8-58.8% TL; dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin tip by 3.0 times the pectoral fin length; absence of protrusions along upper lip; SO 1 + 3; POM 5 or 6 + 2; teeth on maxilla in 4 irregular rows or 5 rows anteriorly and 4 rows posteriorly, teeth on vomer in up to 4 rows, teeth on dentary in 4 rows anteriorly, 3 rows posteriorly; body uniformly dark with creamy white median fins; 22-26 predorsal and 63-65 preanal lateral-line pores; total vertebrae 162-164, MVF 24-64-163 (Ref. 133140).
Cross section: circular.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McCosker, John E. | Collaborators

Hibino, Y., H.-C. Ho and J.-F. Huang, 2024. Descriptions of two new dark-body snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 1220:63-78. (Ref. 133140)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.7 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):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100). 🛈