Ophichthus cephalozona Dark-shouldered snake eel

Ophichthus cephalozonais commonly referred to as Dark-shouldered snake eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8879 

AphiaID:

271946 

Scientific:

Ophichthus cephalozona 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Dark-shouldered Snake Eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Ophichthus (Genus) > cephalozona (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bleeker, 1864 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Ambon, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Cebu ((Philippines), China, French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, the Society Islands, Tonga 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 45.28" (115 cm) 

Temperature:

82.4 °F - 84.2 °F (28°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Schrimps, Sepia 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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Catalog of Life:

• Ophichthus alleni
• 
  Ophichthus altipennis
  Sand-Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus aniptocheilos
• Ophichthus apachus
• Ophichthus aphotistos
• Ophichthus apicalis
• Ophichthus arneutes
• Ophichthus asakusae
• 
  Ophichthus bonaparti
  Bonapartes Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus brachynotopterus
• Ophichthus brasiliensis
• Ophichthus brevicaudatus
• Ophichthus brevirostris
• Ophichthus celebicus
• 
  Ophichthus cephalozona
  Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus congroides
• Ophichthus cruentifer
• Ophichthus cylindroideus
• Ophichthus echeloides
• Ophichthus erabo
• Ophichthus exourus
• Ophichthus fasciatus
• Ophichthus fowleri
• Ophichthus frontalis
• Ophichthus genie
• Ophichthus gomesii
• Ophichthus grandoculis
• Ophichthus hirritus
• Ophichthus humanni
• Ophichthus hyposagmatus
• Ophichthus ishiyamorum
• Ophichthus kunaloa
• Ophichthus lentiginosus
• Ophichthus leonensis
• Ophichthus limkouensis
• Ophichthus lithinus
• Ophichthus longipenis
• Ophichthus macrochir
• Ophichthus macrops
• Ophichthus maculatus
• Ophichthus manilensis
• Ophichthus marginatus
• Ophichthus mecopterus
• Ophichthus megalops
• Ophichthus melanoporus
• Ophichthus melope
• Ophichthus menezesi
• Ophichthus microstictus
• Ophichthus mystacinus
• Ophichthus omorgmus
• 
  Ophichthus ophis
  Gefleckter Karibik-Schlangenaal
• 
  Ophichthus polyophthalmus
  Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus pullus
• Ophichthus puncticeps
• Ophichthus remiger
• Ophichthus retrodorsalis
• Ophichthus rex
• Ophichthus roseus
• Ophichthus rotundus
• Ophichthus rufus
• Ophichthus rugifer
• Ophichthus rutidoderma
• Ophichthus serpentinus
• Ophichthus singapurensis
• Ophichthus spinicauda
• Ophichthus stenopterus
• Ophichthus tchangi
• Ophichthus tetratrema
• Ophichthus tomioi
• Ophichthus triserialis
• Ophichthus tsuchidae
• Ophichthus unicolor
• Ophichthus urolophus
• Ophichthus woosuitingi
• Ophichthus zophochir
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-10-24 19:51:36 

Last edit:

2019-11-19 16:07:27 

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