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Herpetoichthys fossatus (Myers & Wade, 1941)

Mustachioed snake-eel
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Herpetoichthys fossatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Mexico country information

Common names: Mustachioed snake eel, Tieso bigotón, Tieso de Afuera
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Gulf of California, including Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Ref. 96339).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Herpetoichthys: Greek, erpeton = creeping thing + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Myers & Wade.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien demersaal; diepte 1 - 40 m (Ref. 9328).   Subtropical; 26°N - 23°N

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