Hydrophis elegans, Elegant seasnake
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Hydrophis elegans   Gray, 1842

Elegant seasnake

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Hydrophis elegans  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Squamata | Elapidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Demersal; depth range 2 - 80 m (Ref. 78387).  Tropical; 22°N - 58°S (Ref. 356)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 118.3, range 90 - 22.7 cm Max length : 210 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74665); 234 cm SVL (female); max. published weight: 2.3 kg (Ref. 74665); max. published weight: 2.3 kg

Short description Morphology

Juvenile: Strongly banded; Adult: Bands reduced to vertebral blotches. Lateral series of spots present below a pale interspace and dark dorsal bar. Ventrals blackish on the throat and forepart of the body.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 February 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17-0.31)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.