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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Eponymy: In Greek mythology Gordias was a farmer who, by fulfilling an oracle, became King of Phrygia (in modern Turkey). [...] Dr Mark M Leiby (d: 1944) is an ichthyologist who is a retired Specimens Collections Manager at the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Marine Research Laboratory, St Petersburg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: McCosker & Böhlke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 37 - 72 m (Ref. 43688). Temperate
Western Central Atlantic: Florida and Puerto Rico. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Collected from sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 43688).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
McAllister, D.E., 1990. A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index. (Ref. 27116)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3 - 27.1, mean 23.7 °C (based on 61 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00091 (0.00039 - 0.00215), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).