Marble-toothed snake-eel

The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.[5] It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of 10 metres (33 ft), and inhabits sand and mud sediments and mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of 68 centimetres (27 in).[3]

Marble-toothed snake-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Pisodonophis
Species:
P. daspilotus
Binomial name
Pisodonophis daspilotus
Gilbert, 1898
Synonyms[1]
  • Pisoodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898

The IUCN redlist currently lists the Marble-toothed snake eel as Near Threatened, due to the decline in mangroves in its range of habitat. The population of the Marble-toothed snake eel is estimated to have declined by 25% over a course of 10–15 years.[5]

References
  1. Synonyms of Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Jordan, D. S. and B. W. Evermann, 1898 (26 Nov.) [ref. 2445] The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136.
  5. Pisodonophis daspilotus at www.fishbase.org.
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