Sailfin snake-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Letharchus
Species:
L. rosenblatti
Binomial name
Letharchus rosenblatti
McCosker, 1974

The Sailfin snake-eel (Letharchus rosenblatti, also known as the Black sailfin eel in Mexico[1]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1974.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico.[4] It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 17 metres (0 to 56 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 31 centimetres (12 in).[2]

Due to a lack of known major threats and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sailfin snake-eel as Least Concern.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Common names of Letharchus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Letharchus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ McCosker, J. E., 1974 (18 Oct.) [ref. 2933] A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus. Copeia 1974 (no. 3): 619-629.
  4. 1 2 Letharchus rosenblatti at the IUCN redlist.


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