| Armless snake eel | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Dalophis |
| Species: | D. imberbis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) | |
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The armless snake eel (Dalophis imberbis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Spain, Mauritania, and the Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of 20–80 metres, and forms burrows in mud or sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimetres.
The Armless snake eel's diet consists primarily of finfish and benthic invertebrates.
References
- McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Dalophis imberbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T194982A2371472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T194982A2371472.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dalophis imberbis". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- Delaroche, F. E., 1809 Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13: 313-361, Pls. 20-25.
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| Dalophis imberbis | |
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