Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Sulu Sea off w. Mindanao, off Panabuton Pt., Philippines, Albatross sta. 5131, 27 fms (Ref. 26282). Not listed in McCosker, 2014 (Ref. 95665).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Elera paelangerjas, ... more

Issue
This species is probably a synonym of Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Castle & McCosker (1999, Ref. 40863). Please send references, or more studies are needed.

Main reference

McAllister, D.E. 1990. (Ref. 27116)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : McCosker, John | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Environment

Marine; demersal

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.9 ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (19 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Muraenichthys elerae Fowler, 1934