Dalophis boulengeri

Dalophis boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Dalophis
Species:
D. boulengeri
Binomial name
Dalophis boulengeri
(Blache, Cadenat & Stauch, 1970)
Synonyms[2]
  • Caecula boulengeri Blache, Cadenat & Stauch, 1970

Dalophis boulengeri is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Jacques Blache, Jean Cadenat and Alfred Stauch in 1970.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including Angola, Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Gabon, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Togo.[3][1] It is active at night, and inhabits burrows during the daytime, leaving its head exposed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 57.4 centimetres, but more commonly reach a TL of 47.5 cm.[3]

Due to its wide distribution and lack of known threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists Dalophis boulengeri as Least Concern. Due to a lack of information on its distribution in Mauritania, it is listed as Data Deficient for Northern Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Diouf, K.; Azeroual, A.; Lalèyè, P.; Moelants, T. (2020). "Dalophis boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181550A135016321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181550A135016321.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Dalophis boulengeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Dalophis boulengeri at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Blache, J., J. Cadenat and A. Stauch, 1970 Clés de détermination des poissons de mer signalés dans l'Atlantique oriental (entre le 20e parallele N. et le 15e parallele S.). Fauna Tropical XVIII. Office de la recherche scientifique et technique Outre-Mer, Paris v. 18: 1-479.


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