FB-70973 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70973 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Garra Garra cavernicola Freyhof, 2025 Darked long-body snake eel Cá lịch dài lưng đen 2025-03-13 2025-03-13 Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah0 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: snout rather pointed but occipital strongly convex (duck shaped); body with numerous longitudinal wrinkles, weak on posterior abdomen; head 5.4-6.2% TL; preanal length 31.4-33.5% TL; tail 66.5-68.6% TL; snout length 14.6-16.4% HL; one protrusion along upper lip (rarely 2 on one side); dorsal-fin origin slightly behind pectoral-fin tip; SO 1 + 3, POM 5 or 6 + 2; all teeth small and sharp; teeth on maxilla in one row anteriorly but increasing posteriorly; teeth on mandible biserial; dark body, usually including abdomen; dorsal fin darker with dark margin; anal fin initially pale but darkening towards tip; total vertebrae 190-196, MVF 15-62-192 (Ref. 133101). Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Morphology-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 Vertebrae: 190 - 196 Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Distribution-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 Western Central Pacific: Vietnam. Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Uses-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 97.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 133101)) Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) 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-70982 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-17 00:00:00 2025-03-17 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70982 bathypelagic; marine; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 133101) Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101)