Quassiremus ascensionis Blackspotted snake eel

Quassiremus ascensionis is commonly referred to as Blackspotted snake eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11877 

AphiaID:

282532 

Scientific:

Quassiremus ascensionis 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Blackspotted Snake Eel 

Category:

Морской - Угорь 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Studer, ), 1889 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Central Atlantic, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

2 - 12 Meter 

Size:

up to 27.95" (71 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 26,9 °F (25°C - 26,9°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Small Sharks, Zoobenthos, 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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