The Goldspotted eel is a commercial aquarium fish.[4] As is common with eels, it forages for food mostly during the night; its diet consists of crabs, stomatopods, and echinoderms.[6]
Referencesedit
^McCosker, J. (2015). "Myrichthys ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190440A1952002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190440A1952002.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Synonyms of Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
^Common names of Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
^Lesueur, C. A. 1825 (Aug.) [ref. 17523] Descriptions of four new species of Muraenophis. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 5 (pt 1): 107-109, Pl. 4.
^Food items reported for Myrichthys ocellatus at www.fishbase.org.
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goldspotted, goldspotted, myrichthys, ocellatus, also, known, goldspotted, snake, dark, spotted, snake, family, ophichthidae, worm, snake, eels, described, charles, alexandre, lesueur, 1825, originally, under, genus, muraenophis, marine, tropical, which, known. The goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus also known as the goldspotted snake eel or the dark spotted snake eel 3 is an eel in the family Ophichthidae worm snake eels 4 It was described by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1825 originally under the genus Muraenophis 5 It is a marine tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean including Bermuda southern Florida USA the Bahamas Santa Catarina and Brazil 4 It dwells at a maximum depth of 15 metres 49 ft and inhabits rocky and coral reefs Males can reach a maximum total length of 110 centimetres 3 6 ft 4 Goldspotted eelMyrichthys ocellatusConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder AnguilliformesFamily OphichthidaeGenus MyrichthysSpecies M ocellatusBinomial nameMyrichthys ocellatus Lesueur 1825 Synonyms 2 Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur 1825 Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup 1856 Myrichthys oculatus Kaup 1856 Myrichttys oculatus Kaup 1856 Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey 1867 Myrichthys keckii Silvester 1915Myrichthys ocellatusThe Goldspotted eel is a commercial aquarium fish 4 As is common with eels it forages for food mostly during the night its diet consists of crabs stomatopods and echinoderms 6 References edit McCosker J 2015 Myrichthys ocellatus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015 e T190440A1952002 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2015 2 RLTS T190440A1952002 en Retrieved 19 November 2021 Synonyms of Myrichthys ocellatus at www fishbase org Common names of Myrichthys ocellatus at www fishbase org a b c d Myrichthys ocellatus at www fishbase org Lesueur C A 1825 Aug ref 17523 Descriptions of four new species of Muraenophis Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia v 5 pt 1 107 109 Pl 4 Food items reported for Myrichthys ocellatus at www fishbase org External links editPhotos of Goldspotted eel on Sealife Collection nbsp This Ophichthidae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Goldspotted eel amp oldid 1150118302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
