Quassiremus nothochir Smallfish snake-eel

Quassiremus nothochir is commonly referred to as Smallfish snake-eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8550 

AphiaID:

282534 

Scientific:

Quassiremus nothochir 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Smallfish Snake-eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Quassiremus (Genus) > nothochir (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gilbert, ), 1890 

Occurrence:

Costa Rica, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

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

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:

• 
  Quassiremus ascensionis
  Schlangenaal
• 
  Quassiremus evionthas
  Galapagos-Schlangenaal
• 
  Quassiremus nothochir
  Schlangenaal
• Quassiremus polyclitellum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-07-04 20:36:42 

Last edit:

2015-07-04 20:36:42 

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