Quassiremus evionthas Galapagos snake eel

Quassiremus evionthas is commonly referred to as Galapagos 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:

8534 

AphiaID:

282533 

Scientific:

Quassiremus evionthas 

German:

Galapagos-Schlangenaal 

English:

Galapagos Snake Eel 

Category:

Ål 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Jordan & Bollman, ), 1890 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California 

Sea depth:

3 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 27.95" (71 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

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:

Vulnerable (VU) 

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:

2015-06-29 21:11:52 

Last edit:

2015-06-29 21:11:52 

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