Armless snake eel

Armless snake eel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Dalophis
Species:	D. imberbis
Binomial name
	Dalophis imberbis; (Delaroche, 1809)
Synonyms
	Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809; Caecula imberbis (Delaroche, 1809); Ophichthys imberbis (Delaroche, 1809); Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810; Dalophis bimaculata Rafinesque, 1810; Pterurus flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810; Sphagebranchus oculatus Risso, 1827;

The armless snake eel^[2] (Dalophis imberbis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809.^[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Spain, Mauritania, and the Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of 20–80 metres, and forms burrows in mud or sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimetres.^[2]

The Armless snake eel's diet consists primarily of finfish and benthic invertebrates.^[2]

References

^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Dalophis imberbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T194982A2371472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T194982A2371472.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dalophis imberbis". FishBase. June 2024 version.
^ Delaroche, F. E., 1809 [ref. 17380] Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13: 313-361, Pls. 20-25.