Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889
Froghead eel
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Coloconger raniceps
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Colocongridae (Short-tail eels)
Etymology: Coloconger: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Latin conger = conger (Ref. 45335). More on author: Alcock.
Etymology: Coloconger: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Latin conger = conger (Ref. 45335). More on author: Alcock.
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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 300 - 1134 m (Ref. 559). Deep-water
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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar to the western Pacific, north to southern Japan.
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Fricke, R., 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD50 = 0.5049 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (-0.21173 - 0.21359), b=3.13 (3.02 - 3.25), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100) .