Leiuranus semicinctus Saddled snake-eel

Leiuranus semicinctus is commonly referred to as Saddled snake-eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5616 

AphiaID:

217572 

Scientific:

Leiuranus semicinctus 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Saddled Snake-eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Leiuranus (Genus) > semicinctus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lay & Bennett, ), 1839 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Guinea, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, South-Africa, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam 

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:

0 - 70 Meter 

Size:

up to 25.98" (66 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Leiuranus semicínctus
  Schlangenaal
• 
  Leiuranus versicolor
  Schlangenaal

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-09 17:21:04 

Last edit:

2023-02-10 21:15:52 

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