Pisodonophis boro

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Snake eels ; Found in lagoons and estuaries, entering freshwater and paddy fields [1]. Common in tidal reaches and nearby upstream areas of coastal rivers [2]. Lives in holes in the river bottom and bank and actively forages for small fishes at night[2]. Reported to spawn in rice-paddies during the rainy season [2]. Caught in bag nets and similar gear . Marketed fresh.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -1,844 meters (-6,051 feet).[3]

Ecology: Inhabits lagoons and estuaries; entering freshwater and paddy fields . Mainly marine , and very widespread.[4].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.16     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools   
  
•     5.17     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.1     Marine Neritic - Pelagic   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.7     Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )   
  
•     15.8     Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Conger microstoma Eydoux & Souleyet • Ophichthys boro (Hamilton • Ophisurus baccidens Cantor • Ophisurus boro • Ophisurus boro Hamilton • Ophisurus boro Hamilton, 1822 • Ophisurus brachysoma Bleeker • Ophisurus caudatus Mcclelland • Ophisurus harancha Hamilton • Ophisurus potamophilus Bleeker • Ophisurus schaapi Bleeker • Ophisurus schaapii Bleeker • Ophisurus sinensis Richardson • Ophiurus baccidens Cantor • Pisodonophis assamensis Sen • Pisodontophis bora (Hamilton • Pisoodonophis boro • Pisoodonophis boro (Hamilton • Pisoodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822) • Pisoodonophis zophistius (Non Jordan & Snyder

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Hamilton, F. An account of the fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable and Company , Edinburg. 405 p., 1822.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 13-Jul-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pisodonophis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. boro (Bengal´s Snake-Eel) · P. cancrivorus (Estuary Snake Eel) · P. daspilotus (Blunt- Toothed Snake Eel) · P. hoeveni (Hoeven's Snake Eel) · P. semicinctus (Half-Banded Snake Eel)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 130, p. 163.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 338, p. 468, p. 469, p. 471, p. 473, p. 520, p. 676.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 3, p. 67, p. 68.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 115, p. 16, p. 22, p. 32, p. 34.
• The Philippine journal of science. 23 1923 Manila. url p. 168, p. 168, p. 236.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Chaudhry, S. 2010. Pisodonophis boro. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• McCosker, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135420
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26830
• Fishbase Species ID: 8055
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852284
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 636144
• IUCN ID: 233280
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120857

Footnotes

1. Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers (1996). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. [back]
2. Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. [back]
3. Standard Deviation = 2,344.070 based on 40 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
4. Chaudhry, S. 2010. Pisodonophis boro. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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