Brachysomophis crocodilinus Crocodile snake eel

Brachysomophis crocodilinus is commonly referred to as Crocodile snake eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4886 

AphiaID:

217560 

Scientific:

Brachysomophis crocodilinus 

German:

Krokodil-Schlangenaal 

English:

Crocodile Snake Eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Brachysomophis (Genus) > crocodilinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bennett, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Australia, Captive-bred specimen, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 47.24" (120 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Brachysomophis atlanticus
  Sterngucker-Schlangenaal
• 
  Brachysomophis cirrocheilos
  Sternengucker-Schlangenaal
• 
  Brachysomophis crocodilinus
  Krokodil-Schlangenaal
• 
  Brachysomophis henshawi
  Krokodil-Schlangenaal
• Brachysomophis longipinnis
• Brachysomophis porphyreus
• Brachysomophis umbonis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-12-17 22:22:04 

Last edit:

2012-12-17 22:22:04 

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