Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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ສັດທະເລ; ນ້ຳກ່ອຍ ກ່ຽວກັນຫີນ. Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), and Bahamas to northern South America. Scarce in western Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938).
ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 7251); 50.0 cm TL (female)
A very, slender, elongate, cylindrical eel with a projecting lower jaw. Lateral line complete ending at base of tail. (Ref. 26938).
Young and females burrow in sandy tide pools and reef tracts. Males inhabit deeper water, possibly pelagic. Adults emerge at night and sometimes come to lights at the surface (Ref. 26938). Feed on burrowing invertebrates that live in the sand (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | ການສືບພັນ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ຕົວອ່ອນ
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.8 - 28.2, mean 27.3 °C (based on 786 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5003 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 50 [20, 135] mg/100g; Iron = 0.584 [0.290, 1.102] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [16.8, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.203 [0.081, 0.560] g/100g; Selenium = 10.4 [4.1, 25.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [26, 489] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.4 [0.8, 2.2] mg/100g (wet weight);