The Snack eel[1] (Ethadophis merenda) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker in 1970.[3] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen discovered in Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. From the holotype, which was found in the stomach of a White seabass, males are known to reach a total length of 53 centimetres (21 in).[2]
Due to the lack of multiple known specimens, and thereby an inability to acquire data on the ecology, habitat or threats faced by the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Snack eel as Data Deficient.[4]
The Snack eel (Ethadophis merenda) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker in 1970. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen discovered in Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. From the holotype, which was found in the stomach of a White seabass, males are known to reach a total length of 53 centimetres (21 in).
Due to the lack of multiple known specimens, and thereby an inability to acquire data on the ecology, habitat or threats faced by the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Snack eel as Data Deficient.
Ethadophis merenda Ethadophis generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Ethadophis merenda Ethadophis generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Ethadophis merenda 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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