Saddled Snake Eel

Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett 1839)

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Leiuranus semicinctus (Saddled Snake Eel) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family snake eels.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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66 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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coral reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000049
- Definition: The marine coral reef biome comprises constructional wave-resistant entities which are primarily built by corals and are often cemented together. The growth of these structures is aided by zooxanthellae, algae that are symbiotic with the reef-building corals.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea sand
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002118
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.08 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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29.336 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of saddled snake-eel. View this species on GBIF

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