Quassiremus ascensionis

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lexID:

11877 

AphiaID:

282532 

Scientific:

Quassiremus ascensionis 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Blackspotted Snake Eel 

Category:

Zmijakowate  

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Studer, ), 1889 

Occurrence:

West-Atlantic Ocean, Barbados, Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, the Caribbean, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guadeloupe, The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Anguilla, Antigua i Barbuda, Atlantyk Centralny, Bermudy, Brazylia, Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze, Dominika, Grenada, Honduras, Martynika, Małe Antyle, Montserrat, Trynidad i Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

2 - 12 Meter 

Size:

bis zu 71cm 

Temperature:

25°C - 26,9°C 

Food:

Zoobenthos, bezkręgowce, krewetki, krewetki, małe rekiny, skorupiaki, 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:

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:

2019-01-04 15:59:33 

Last edit:

2020-06-04 09:02:22 

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