Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Ophichthidae > Echiophis > Echiophis intertinctus

Echiophis intertinctus (Spotted spoon-nose eel)

Synonyms: Leptocephalus caudomaculatus; Mystriophis interstinctus; Mystriophis intertinctus; Ophisurus intertinctus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Spotted spoon-nose eel (Echiophis intertinctus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil. It is known to dwell at a depth of 100 metres (330 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 180 centimetres (71 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 150 centimetres (59 in).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  

Predators

Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper)[1]
Mycteroperca microlepis (Velvet rockfish)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0