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Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)

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Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymChlevastes colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
synonymChlevastes elaps Fowler, 1912
synonymDussumeiria elapsoides (Castelnau, 1875)
synonymGymnothorax colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
synonymMuraena annulata Ahl, 1789
synonymMuraena colubrina Boddaert, 1781
synonymMuraena fasciata Ahl, 1789
synonymMyrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951
synonymMyrichthys colubrina (Boddaert, 1781)
synonymMyrichtys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
synonymOphichthys elapsoides Castelnau, 1875
synonymOphisurus alternans Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymOphisurus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802
synonymOphisurus fasciatus semicincta Bleeker, 1864
🗒 Common Names
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian
  • Galikendiveng
Malayalam
  • Pambumalanhi
  • പാന്പുമാലഞി
  • പാന്വുമലഞ്ഞി
Other
  • Galikendiveng
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Marine
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Broadly banded with black and white, sometimes with blotches, but may comprise additional species . Superficially resembles the venomous sea snake Laticauda colubrina, but is entirely harmless.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Size
    Max Length

    97 TL (unsexed) 

    Size

    97.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
    Trophic Strategy
    Burrowing species of inshore waters .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen 2006 Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi.
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Habitat reef-associated; marine
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
      Description
      Occurrence

      native 

      Distribution

      Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and east to the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Often confused with Laticuda colubrina .

      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
      No Data
      📚 Occurrence
      No Data
      📚 Demography and Conservation
      Conservation Status
      Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8053, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
      No Data
      📚 Uses and Management
      No Data
      📚 Information Listing
      References
      Overview > Diagnostic > Description
      1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
      Natural History > Size
      1. Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
      Natural History > Trophic Strategy
      1. Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen 2006 Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi.
      Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
      1. Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
      Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
      1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.

      Ichthyofaunal diversity in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bay of Bengal

      Journal of Threatened Taxa
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      📚 Meta data
      No Data
      🐾 Taxonomy
      RootRoot
      KingdomAnimalia
      PhylumChordata
      ClassActinopterygii
      OrderAnguilliformes
      FamilyOphichthidae
      GenusMyrichthys
      SpeciesMyrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781)
      📊 Temporal Distribution
      📷 Related Observations
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