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Species: Ahlia egmontis, Key-worm eel

nostrils: front tubular, rear in mouth

D origin over/behind anus

tail tip flexible, C obvious

roof mouth - no teeth

large pectoral

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Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)

Key-worm eel

Body moderately stout; head and trunk 41-46% of TL; snout ~conical, overhanging; eye well developed; teeth on jaws conical, small, 1 row; no teeth on roof of mouth; front nostril tubular; rear nostril in lip, opens under a flap into mouth; gill opening at mid-side, its opening constricted; dorsal fin origin over or behind anus; tail fin present, visible, joined to dorsal and anal fins; tail tip flexible; pectoral fins well developed, broad based, rounded; lateral line complete, lines of each side of head connected by 2 canals with across top of head; pores on head.

Pale tan; covered with tiny black dots; adults darker, with red-brown band at back of head.

Reaches 47 cm.

Lives in seagrass beds in bays and mangroves, also on offshore reefs.

Depth range: 0.2-37 m.

W Atlantic; from S Carolina to Brazil.

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Salinity

Marine
Brackish

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom only

Habitat

Estuary
Mangrove
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
Sand & gravel
Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Submerged vegetation
Soft bottom only
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Data
Carnivore

Diet

Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Bony fishes

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
All species.

Regional Endemism

Continent
All species..
GC non-endemic
Also in Brazil
Continent + Island (s)
Extends South of GC
Island (s)

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

47

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

37

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Mon 25th Apr, 2022 06:29 pm

Species - Ahlia egmontis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Brackish

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom only

Habitat

Estuary

Mangrove

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

Sand & gravel

Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)

Submerged vegetation

Soft bottom only

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Data

Carnivore

Diet

Data

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Bony fishes

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

All species.

Regional Endemism

Continent

All species..

GC non-endemic

Also in Brazil

Continent + Island (s)

Extends South of GC

Island (s)

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

47

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

37

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

647

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

9,591,576 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

20.149,-78.31825

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