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Common names: Barung, Dark-shouldered snake-eel, Igat
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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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: Winterbottom, R., 1993
National Database:

Classification / Names

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

Common names from other countries

Blacksaddle snake eel, Dark-shouldered snake-eel, Belin kepala tompok, ... more

Main reference

Myers, R.F. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : McCosker, John | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 115 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 86942)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 38°N - 26°S, 96°E - 148°W

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: East Indies to the Society Islands, north to the Mariana Islands, south to Queensland; Mariana and Marshall Islands in Micronesia. Also in southern Japan (Ref. 637). Reported from India (Ref. 45255).
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Short description

Vertebrae: 155 - 157. Body pale, almost white, with dark snout (Ref. 48635) and distinctive marking on back of head.

Inhabits muddy to sandy inshore areas and occasionally forages in the open at night (Ref. 637). Burrowing species (Ref. 75154). Caught rarely with gill net from the muddy shallow bottoms of Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 637). Nocturnally active (Ref 90102).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864