Ophidion barbatum Snake blenny

Ophidion barbatumis commonly referred to as Snake blenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

David Luquet, Frankreich

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Scientific:: Ophidion barbatum
German:: Bartmännchen
English:: Snake Blenny

Category:: Fishcusk-eel

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Ophidion (Genus) > barbatum (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: West Sahara, Benin, Tunesien, Gambia, Straße von Gibralta, Algeria, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Gabon, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo
Sea depth:: 10 - 1456 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 48.2 °F - 66.2 °F (9°C - 19°C)
Food:: Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophidion antipholus
Ophidion asiro
Ophidion barbatum
Bartmännchen
Ophidion dromio
Ophidion exul
Ophidion fulvum
Ophidion galeoides
Ophidion genyopus
Ophidion grayi
Ophidion guianense
Ophidion holbrookii
Ophidion imitator
Ophidion iris
Ophidion josephi
Ophidion lagochila
Ophidion lozanoi
Ophidion marginatum
Ophidion metoecus
Ophidion muraenolepis
Ophidion nocomis
Ophidion puck
Ophidion robinsi
Ophidion rochei
Ophidion saldanhai
Ophidion scrippsae
Ophidion selenops
Ophidion smithi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-08 16:20:39
Last edit:: 2020-01-18 17:54:54

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Linnaeus, 1758

Special thanks for the foto to David Luquet, France.

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: southern England to Senegal and the northern Mediterranean.

Biology:
Uncommon species. Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass.

Synonymised taxa:
Ophidion barbatus Linnaeus, 1758
Ophidion congrus Gronow, 1854
Ophidion maculatum Rafinesque, 1810
Ophidium barbatum Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)

Scientific paper

Semicystic spermatogenesis and reproductive strategy in Ophidion barbatum (Pisces, Ophidiidae), M. R. Hernández; M. Sàbat; M. Muñoz; M. Casadevall, 2005
Description of different stages of oogenesis inOphidion barbatum(Pisces, Ophidiidae), Margarida Casadevall; Sergi Bonet; Jesus Matallanas, 1993

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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