Myrichthys breviceps Sharptail eel

Myrichthys breviceps is commonly referred to as Sharptail eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4478 

AphiaID:

158637 

Scientific:

Myrichthys breviceps 

German:

Weißgefleckter oder Spitzschwanz-Schlangenaal 

English:

Sharptail Eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Myrichthys (Genus) > breviceps (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Richardson, ), 1848 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, Sri Lanka, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 9 Meter 

Size:

up to 40.16" (102 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Coralfish of all kind, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Myrichthys aspetocheiros
• 
  Myrichthys breviceps
  Weißgefleckter oder Spitzschwanz-Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys colubrinus
  Geringelter Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys maculosus
  Flecken-Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys magnificus
  Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys ocellatus
  Goldtupfen-Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys paleracio
  Weißnasen-Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys pantostigmius
  Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys pardalis
  Schlangenaal
• 
  Myrichthys tigrinus
  Schlangenaal
• Myrichthys xysturus
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-29 13:49:06 

Last edit:

2017-10-12 11:55:14 

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