Echelus myrus Painted eel

Echelus myrus is commonly referred to as Painted eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Średnio trudny. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4947 

AphiaID:

126314 

Scientific:

Echelus myrus 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Painted Eel 

Category:

Zmijakowate  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Echelus (Genus) > myrus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Algeria, Bay of Biscay, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa 

Size:

23.62" - 39.37" (60cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Średnio trudny 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Echelus myrus
  Schlangenaal
• Echelus pachyrhynchus
• Echelus uropterus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-06 16:24:12 

Last edit:

2013-01-06 16:24:12 

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