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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Lamnostoma: Greek, lamna, -es = a shark + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical, preferred ?; 13°N - 22°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia and Oceania: Philippines (Ref. 280), northern New Guinea (Ref. 2847), Vanuatu (Ref. 87781) and New Caledonia (Ref. 13246, 13235).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847)

Collected from a clear, flowing rainforest stream (Ref. 2847).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McCosker, John | Collaborators

Marquet, G., B. Séret and R. Lecomte-Finiger, 1997. Inventaires comparés des poissons des eaux intérieures de trois îles océaniques tropicales de l'Indo-Pacifique (la Réunion, la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Tahiti). Cybium 21(1) suppl.:27-34. (Ref. 13246)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)