Biology
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Found on soft bottom, inshore (Ref. 75154); in shallow sand and mud bottom (Ref. 123091).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於西太平洋海域:北至日本,南至澳洲西部,包括台灣東部、南部及澎湖等海域。
利用
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本種產量不多,多為底拖網或底延繩釣漁法所捕獲,漁業利用價值不高,多作下雜魚貨處理。
描述
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全長為頭長的10.1-11.6倍;全長為鰓孔位體高的34.0-38.7倍;全長為軀幹長的2.5-2.6倍。從眼後方項部起到尾部,沿著體背側,披覆著寬窄不等下垂的鞍狀斑塊;頭部感覺孔明顯;前鼻孔為管狀,後有一肉質突起;背鰭起點約於胸鰭中端,背、臀鰭於近尾端處略高揚;平均脊椎骨組成:11-67-150,總脊椎骨數為149-150。本種係由
Jordan and Rechardson
兩位學者於1909年,在打狗港(今高雄港)附近的市集購得兩尾標本而命名之,亦是首次以台灣為模式地發表的新種蛇鰻。另外,本種體背側所覆的斑紋,與另外一種鬚唇短體蛇鰻
(/Brachysomophis cirrocheilos/)
極為相似,而經常被誤鑑;這兩種一般可藉由唇部是否有鬚以及頭部側面觀的外形,來加以區別之。
棲地
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大多潛居於淺海域10-50米深之沙泥底。
Evermann's snake eel: Brief Summary
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The Evermann's snake eel (Ophichthus lithinus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits inshore soft bottoms.
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