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Clarion snake eel

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Clarion snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrichthys
Species:
M. pantostigmius
Binomial name
Myrichthys pantostigmius

The Clarion snake eel[2] (Myrichthys pantostigmius) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Ernest Alexander McGregor in 1898.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[3][1] It inhabits shallow waters - at a maximum depth of 20 metres - and is found around rocks and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.4 centimetres.[3]

In 2010, due to a lack of known threats and a lack of observed population decline, the Clarion snake eel was listed in the IUCN redlist as Least Concern.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; and Lea, B. (2010). "Myrichthys pantostigmius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183905A8197556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T183905A8197556.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ^ Common names for Myrichthys pantostigmius at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Myrichthys pantostigmius at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Jordan, D. S. and B. W. Evermann, 1898 (26 Nov.) [ref. 2445] The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136.