The Ordinary eel[1] (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker.[4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).[3]
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.[2]
The Ordinary eel (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.
Ethadophis byrnei Ethadophis generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Ethadophis byrnei Ethadophis generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Ethadophis byrnei is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van slangalen (Ophichthidae).[2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1970 door Rosenblatt & McCosker.
De soort staat op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN als Onzeker, beoordelingsjaar 2007.[1]
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