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Ostéichthyen Anguilliforme
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| 2 s/familles | 308 espèces |
| Références web | |
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| Description | |
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| Les Anguillidae correspondent aux anguilles d'eau douce | |
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 WCPacifiq | |
 WCPacifiq |
 WCAtlantiq |
| Identification key to Ophichthidae (fishbase) | |
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Ophichthidae | Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish | fishbase |
| anguilles | latin Anguilla | doris |
| Apterichtus caecus | ||
| fishbase / boowiki | Synonymes
Aveugle serpent de mer / European finless eel |
Linnaeus, 1758 / LC / ITIS 635424 |
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2011 Crete (Gr) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
2012 Minorca (Sp) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
2012 Minorca (Sp) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
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| 2011 Karpathos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
tracks, 2010 Donoussa (Gr) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
Apterichtus moseri
by Izuzuki 
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| E-Atlantiq & Méditerranée | Anguille-serpent aptère | subtropical |
| head with dark brown spots over a pale background with prominent horizontal white patch
beneath and behind the orbit;
body ochre in color with numerous small dark brown spots, those spots forming a continuous mid-dorsal band, yellowish on ventral surface | ||
| <85m / 60cm | dioecism, openwater, nonguarder | burrows in fine sand or mud |
| Apterichtus caecus | ||
| Brachysomophis crocodilinus | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / doris / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Crocodile snake eel |
Bennett, 1833 / NE / ITIS 635852 |
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| 2006 Philippines by Silke Baron
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2018 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2004 Philippines by Wayne
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| Brachysomophis cirrocheilos
2008 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Steve Childs
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
1997 Bali ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
Hawaii ©Randall, John E.
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-WPacifiq | Anguille-serpent crocodile | tropical |
| tête aplatie avec une remontée abrupte derrière les yeux; snout very short; jaws elongate; anterior nostril in a very short tube in upper lip; flesh above and behind eye laterally elevated as a ridge; rouge avec des points blancs irréguliers ou blanche, jaunâtre, etc... | ||
| 2m (<30m) / 120cm | dioecism, openwater, nonguarder | Benthic; in sandy bottoms, Remains buried in sand with only the eyes protruding |
| Brachysomophis crocodilinus | ||
| Callechelys marmorata | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers / doris / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Marbled snake eel |
Bleeker, 1854 / NE / ITIS 6355435 |
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| 2011 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2006 Bali ©White Gaetan
(via fishbase) |
on lagoon sand spit,
2008 Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Is.) by Jeanette Johnson
(via fishbase) |
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| 2013 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Philippines by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Praslin (Seychelles) by Roberto Pillon
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Mer Rouge | Anguille serpent marbré | tropical |
| yellowish white, speckled and spotted with darker coalescing spots | ||
| 2-37m / 87 cm | dioecism, openwater, nonguarder | nocturne, solitaire, enfouis (seule la tête dépasse) |
| Callechelys marmorata | ||
| Myrichthys breviceps | ||
| doris / fishbase / en.wiki | Synonymes
Sharptail eel |
Richardson, 1848 / LC / ITIS 161449 |
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| 2008 Guadeloupe ©Thierry (via ozp/GooglePhotos) | 2015 Cozumel by Fernando Gonzalez
(via fishbase) |
2011 Guadeloupe by Andrew Cooper
(via fishbase) |
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| 2009 Bonaire by Roban Kramer
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 by Cam5455
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Dominica by Ebuxbaum
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Western Atlantic | Serpentine dorée | tropical |
| narines développées tournées vers le bas; light brown to grayish brown, darker above, with pale spots; nb petites taches blanches à jaune orangésur la tête | ||
| <9m / 102cm | dioecism, nonguarder, distinct pairing | nocturne, swimming near the bottom in clear water; peu farouche |
| Myrichthys breviceps | ||
| Myrichthys colubrinus | ||
| fishbase / doris / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Harlequin snake eel |
Boddaert, 1781 / NE / ITIS 161448 |
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| 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | |
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| 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2014 Mauritius ©Jean-Claude Jamoulle
(via fishbase) |
2015 NCal by Jakob Fahr
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2010 Wadi el Gemal (Egypt) by Stefano Tito
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2009 St-Leu (Réunion) ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 by Steve Childs
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
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| 2011 Shams Alam Reefs (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
2005 by Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Shams Alam Reefs (Egypt) by Gianemilio Rusconi
(via fishbase) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | Anguille-serpent annelée | tropical |
| museau court avec longues narines dirigées vers le bas; courtes pectorales;
blanc beige avec des bandes brun noir ±larges; qqx ronds brun noir entre les bandes | ||
| 1-30m / 50-97cm
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ovipare, gonochoriq, fécondation externe | benthiq, diurne, in shallow sandy flats and seagrass beds |
| Myrichthys colubrinus | ||
| Myrichthys maculosus | ||
| fishbase / australianmuseum / doris / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Tiger snake eel |
Cuvier, 1816 / NE / ITIS 161447 |
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| 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Reunion by Philippe Bourjon
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2013 Hurghada ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 1997 Johnston Is. ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
1994 Johnston Is. ©Randall, John E.
(via fishbase) |
2013 Hurghada ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red sea | Serpentine à pois | tropical |
| courtes nageoires pectorales; museau court avec longues narines dirigées vers le bas;
pale cream in color with variable pattern of large and small black spots with narrower white interspaces; young with black saddles | ||
| 1-262m / 50-100 cm | ovipare, gonochoriq, fécondation ext. | living buried in the sand, solitaire, nocturne |
| Myrichthys maculosus | ||
| Myrichthys ocellatus | ||
| fishbase / souslesmers | Synonymes
Goldspotted eel |
Lesueur, 1825 / LC / ITIS 161450 |
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| 2010 Virgin Is. ©dr_z
(via INaturalist) |
2015 Guadeloupe by Boggart32
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2005 Cuba by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2019 Bonaire Ben Hutchins
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Salvador (Brazil) ©junkawaoka
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Salvador (Brazil) ©junkawaoka
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2013 Costa Rica ©yvesbas
(via INaturalist) |
2012 Brazil by Firedrop Marendo Müller
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2015 St Vincent (Grenadines) ©Jean-Claude Jamoulle
(via fishbase) |
| W-Atlantiq | Serpentine ocellée | tropical |
| 2 pectorales rudimentaires; 1 lg dorsale, ni caudale, ni pelviennes, ni anale
beige et comporte des points noirs au contours flous et à centre jaune | ||
| <15m / 110cm | dioecism, openwater, nonguarder | Found in seagrass bed sand areas; nocturnal |
| Myrichthys ocellatus | ||
| Ophichthus bonaparti | ||
| fishbase / doris / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Napoleon snake eel / Clown snake eel / Purplebanded Snake Eel |
Kaup, 1856 / NE / ITIS 636100 |
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| 2018 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Indonesia by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Steve Childs
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2016 Wakatobi (ID) by Christian Gloor
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2018 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2009 Sulawesi by Jim Greenfield
(via fishbase) |
2010 Sabah (Malaysia) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
2010 Lembeh Straits (Sulawesi) by Berndt
(via Encyclopedia of Life) |
| Indo-WPacifiq | Anguille-serpent Napoléon | tropical |
| narines très en avant de la bouche; golden yellow to cream with 18-27 prominent black saddles, a few meeting below; dorsal and anal margin with irregular spots and golden marbling and spots on snout and head; body broadly banded with black and white | ||
| <15m / 110cm | dioecism, openwater, nonguarder | |
| Ophichthus bonaparti | ||
| Pisodonophis cancrivorus | ||
| fishbase / en.bdfish / reeflex / fishesofaustralia | Synonymes
Burrowing Snake Eel |
Richardson, 1848 / NE / ITIS 161568 |
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| 2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Bernd
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Sabah (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red sea | Longfin snake-eel | tropical |
| dorsal fin beginning above pectoral fin; anterior nostril tubular,
posterior nostril along lower edge of lip; extreme tip of tail stiff and finless;
from grey to black or brown. Large individuals have wrinkled skin | ||
| 1-20m / 50 cm (jsq 108 cm) | ovipare, gonochoriq, fécondation ext. | anadrome, in lagoons and estuaries, entering freshwater |
| Pisodonophis cancrivorus | ||
MàJ 13/03/2023
