Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Hydrophis pacificus   Boulenger, 1896

Pacific seasnake

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Squamata | Elapidae

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

Demersal; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 356).  Tropical; 3°N - 58°S (Ref. 356)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 135 - 165 cm Max length : 185 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74665)

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))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

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=0.2)
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)	High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):	Unknown.

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