Biology:Goldspotted eel

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Goldspotted eel
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Myrichthys ocellatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrichthys
Species:
M. ocellatus
Binomial name
Myrichthys ocellatus
(Lesueur, 1825)
Synonyms[2]
  • Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825
  • Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856
  • Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup, 1856)
  • Myrichttys oculatus (Kaup, 1856)
  • Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey, 1867
  • Myrichthys keckii Silvester, 1915
Myrichthys ocellatus

The goldspotted eel (Myrichthys ocellatus), also known as the goldspotted snake eel or the dark-spotted snake eel,[3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[4] It was described by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1825, originally under the genus Muraenophis.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, southern Florida, United States ; the Bahamas, Santa Catarina, and Brazil .[4] It dwells at a maximum depth of 15 metres (49 ft), and inhabits rocky and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 110 centimetres (3.6 ft).[4]

The Goldspotted eel is a commercial aquarium fish.[4] As is common with eels, it forages for food mostly during the night; its diet consists of crabs, stomatopods, and echinoderms.[6]

References

  1. McCosker, J. (2015). "Myrichthys ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T190440A1952002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190440A1952002.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190440/1952002. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Synonyms of Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names of Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
  5. Lesueur, C. A. 1825 (Aug.) [ref. 17523] Descriptions of four new species of Muraenophis. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 5 (pt 1): 107-109, Pl. 4.
  6. Food items reported for Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2018975 entry