Acne-tailed eels ( lat.Ophichthidae ) - a family of marine beams of fish from the order eel- shaped .
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 Myrichthys colubrinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
Appearance and structure
The body is long and thin, no scales. The anal and dorsal fins are not connected, since these fishes do not have a caudal fin - there is simply a solid, pointed end of the body. Many species have a bright and variegated color.
The intestines of the leptocephalus (larvae) of these fish are originally arranged - there are clearly visible swellings on it, occasionally it forms loops.
Development
The stage of leptocephalus in acute eels lasts 10-12 months.
Lifestyle
Many species live in minks, fortified with mucus, in large quantities secreted by their skin. Many species live on coral reefs .
Classification
- Subfamily Myrophinae
- Ahlia
- Asarcenchelys
- Benthenchelys
- Glenoglossa
- Leptocephalus
- Mixomyrophis
- Muraenichthys
- Myrophis
- Neenchelys
- Pseudomyrophis
- Pylorobranchus
- Schismorhynchus
- Schultzidia
- Scolecenchelys
- Skythrenchelys
- Subfamily Ophichthinae
- Allips
- Aplatophis
- Aprognathodon
- Apterichtus
- Bascanichthys
- Brachysomophis
- Caecula
- Callechelys
- Caralophia
- Cirrhimuraena
- Cirricaecula
- Dalophis
- Echelus
- Echiophis
- Ethadophis
- Evips
- Gordiichthys
- Hemerorhinus
- Herpetoichthys
- Hyphalophis
- Ichthyapus
- Kertomichthys
- Lamnostoma
- Leiuranus
- Leptenchelys
- Letharchus
- Lethogoleos
- Leuropharus
- Luthulenchelys
- Malvoliophis
- Myrichthys
- Mystriophis
- Ophichthus
- Ophisurus
- Paraletharchus
- Phaenomonas
- Phyllophichthus
- Pisodonophis
- Quassiremus
- Rhinophichthus
- Scytalichthys
- Stictorhinus
- Xestochilus
- Xyrias
- Yirrkala
Literature
- The family of Acne-tailed eels (Ophichthyidae) // Animal Life: in 6 volumes / ed. professors N. A. Gladkov, A. V. Mikheev. - M .: Education, 1970.