FB-68620 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68620 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Labridae Choerodon Choerodon skaiopygmaeus Gomon, 2017 Many-vertebrae snake eel 2018-01-29 2018-01-29 McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho0 New species of the snake eels <i>Echelus</i> and <i>Ophichthus</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68629 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68629 This elongate species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 65-69%, head 7.6-8.3%, body depth at gill opening 1.8-2.3% of total length; tail tip flexible, the caudal-fin rays covered by skin, but confluent with dorsal and anal; dorsal-fin origin is nearly 1 head length behind gill opening; pectoral fin pointed, not elongate and well-developed; posterior nostril is within upper lip, opening into mouth; small pores, inconspicuous, SO 1+4, IO 4+2, POM 6+3;teeth are small, numerous and conical, biserial on jaws, uniserial on vomer; body coloration tan dorsally, pale ventrally, fins are pale except anal-fin membrane which is black before tail tip; total vertebrae 172-183, mean vertebral formula 20-53-177 (Ref. 106143). McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels <i>Echelus</i> and <i>Ophichthus</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Morphology-68629 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68629 Vertebrae: 172 - 183 McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels <i>Echelus</i> and <i>Ophichthus</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Distribution-68629 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68629 Northwest Pacific: Taiwan. McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels <i>Echelus</i> and <i>Ophichthus</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Size-68629 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68629 56.7 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106143)); 53.7 cm TL (female) McCosker, J.E. and H.-C. Ho 2015 New species of the snake eels <i>Echelus</i> and <i>Ophichthus</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):71-85. (Ref. 106143) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68629 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-01-30 00:00:00 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68629 reef-associated; marine