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Lamnostoma polyophthalma in French Polynesia
Ocellated sand-eel

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Lamnostoma polyophthalma   (Bleeker, 1853)
Family:	Ophichthidae (Snake eels) , subfamily: Ophichthinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Ocellated sand-eel
Max. size:	32.5 cm (male/unsexed; Ref. 1602)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka and the East Indies. Reported from the Marquesas (Ref. 12792).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Body elongate, more or less cylindrical, slightly compressed, with a hard tail tip; sharply conical head; large mouth, reaching well behind eyes; teeth on jaws small, sharp and recurved; vomerine teeth larger; gill-openings strongly oblique, small, beneath the throat with an extra fold of skin alongside; very low dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fin origin about 1/4 head-length behind gill-openings (Ref. 4832). Color in life yellowish dusted with brown; upper surface of head and nape consisting of double row of yellow round spots, vertex with a yellow transverse streak; lateral line pores lighter than surrounding skin (Ref. 4832).
Biology:	Inhabits estuaries, and probably inshore areas (Ref. 4832)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	McCosker, John
Main Ref:	Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4832)
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French Polynesia country information
Common names:	Lamnostome ocellé, Anguille serpent		Ref:  Keith, P., Vigneux, E. and Marquet, G., 2002
Status:	native		Ref:  Myers, R.F., 1991
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fp.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Keith, P., Vigneux, E. and Marquet, G., 2002
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	Checked:  Busson, Frédéric	Modified:  Busson, Frédéric	Entered:  Pablico, Grace Tolentino

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