Echiophis punctifer

Author
Kaup, 1860
Common Names
  • Stippled Spoon-nose Eel

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
100 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • beach and shoreline
  • burrower
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • McCosker, J. E. 2002. Ophichthidae. Pp. 724–733 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke, J. E. Böhlke. 1989. Family Ophichthidae. Pp. 254–412 in B. B. Collette et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 9. Leptocephali Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir I, New Haven.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute. Since 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 11-14-2025.

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