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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Myrichthys: Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 35 m (Ref. 89972). Tropical; 30°N - 30°S

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and east to the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Often confused with Laticuda colubrina (Ref. 9710).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 97.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37816)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 190 - 202. Broadly banded with black and white, sometimes with blotches, but may comprise additional species (Ref. 48635). Superficially resembles the venomous sea snake Laticauda colubrina, but is entirely harmless.

Adults occur in shallow sandy flats and seagrass beds (Ref. 1602, 48635, 58302). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 89972). Commonly seen hunting during the day (Ref. 48635).

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

McCosker, J.E. and P.H.J. Castle, 1986. Ophichthidae. p. 176-186. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3972)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25 - 29.3, mean 28.3 °C (based on 3362 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00091 (0.00039 - 0.00214), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.4 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): High vulnerability (59 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 32.9 [18.2, 56.4] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.479 [0.290, 0.984] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.8 [16.6, 21.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.0993 [, ] g/100g ; Selenium = 43.9 [25.3, 86.4] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 45.9 [13.8, 137.5] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.915 [0.663, 1.266] mg/100g (wet weight);

Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)