Snaggle-toothed snake-eel
📖 Overview
Assumed to live in permanent or semi-permanent burrows with only snout and eyes exposed, darting to feed on other fishes and crustaceans .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 120. Stout ophichthid with nearly uniform gray or brown coloration, overlain on head with a prominent pattern of small white spots; depth 23 times in TL; head large, 6.7 times in TL; dorsal fin arises well behind pectoral fin tips; pectoral fins not elongate, rounded; eye small; jaw elongate, the lower projecting; nostrils tiny, in upper lip; jaw teeth conical, some enlarged as fangs anteriorly, biserial in jaws and uniserial in vomer .: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Snaggle-toothed snake-eel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Distinct pairing .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 10 m . Tropical Central Pacific: Panama.
🌿 Ecology
other fishes and crustaceans (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Snaggle-toothed Snake Eel · Snaggle-toothed snake-eel |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Tieso dentado · Tieso sobredentado |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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