Longfin snake-eel

Longfin snake-eel
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Pisodonophis
Species:	P. cancrivorus
Binomial name
*Pisodonophis cancrivorus* (J. Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms^[1]
List Ophisurus cancrivorus Richardson, 1848 Ophichthys cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) Ophisurus cancrivomer Richardson, 1848 Pisodonophis cancricorus (Richardson, 1848) Pisodonophis cancrivorous (Richardson, 1848) Pisodonphis cancrivorus Richardson, 1848 Pisoodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) Ophisurus nigrepinnis Liénard, 1842 Ophisurus sinensis Richardson, 1848 Ophiurus baccidens Cantor, 1849 Ophisurus baccidens Cantor, 1849 Ophisurus schaapii Bleeker, 1852 Ophisurus schaapi Bleeker, 1852 Ophisurus brachysoma Bleeker, 1853 Myrophis chrysogaster Macleay, 1881 Ophichthys madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 Ophichthus macrochir (non Bleeker, 1853)

The longfin snake-eel (Pisodonophis cancrivorus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It has a Dorsal fin beginning above its pectoral fin with a snake-like upper body which is cylindrical, but compressed only along its extreme tail tip. It also has a tubular nostril in front and a nostril along lower edge of the lip in back. Colors range from grey to black to brown. Large longfin snake-eels have wrinkled skin.^[2]

Inhabited Regions

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Longfin snake-eels can survive in both Marine and freshwater environments, and swim from the sea up rivers to spawn. Some are found in coral reefs and live from 1 to 20 meters below the surface. They are an Indo-Pacific tropical species that lives in the Red Sea region surrounded by East Africa, French Polynesia, Ogasawara Islands and Australia.^[2]^[3] ^[4]

Biology

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Members of this species are typically 50 cm long, but may grow as long as 108 cm including their tails. They are born as males, but some transition to become females at maturity.^[5] ^[6]

Longfin snake-eels are often found in lagoons and estuaries that as they enter freshwater.^[7] Loose groups of the eels congregate in tidal channels with their heads peeking up from below the surface.^[8] Anglers catch them with bag nets in estuaries and tidal areas.^[9]

References

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^ Synonyms of Pisodonophis cancrivorus at www.fishbase.org.
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