Species: Pisodonophis daspilotus, Blunt-toothed snake-eel, Marble-toothed snake-eel
yellowish + small dark spots
D & A: yellowish borders
tail tip a hard, finless point
teeth very blunt
pectoral broad based
Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Blunt-toothed snake-eel, Marble-toothed snake-eel
Body long and slender; snout narrow and depressed; teeth blunt, molar-like or granular, multiple rows on jaws and front roof of mouth; front nostril tubular; gill opening on side; tip of tail a hard finless point; dorsal and anal fins well developed; dorsal fin origin over gill opening; pectoral fin broad based, small.
Pale yellowish with small brown spots; dorsal and anal fins with yellowish margins.
Size: maximum size to 68 cm.
Habitat: muddy bottoms in estuaries.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Mexico to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Non Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Estuary
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Near threatened
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 68
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
