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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Bathycongrus: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878) was an ichthyologist and army surgeon commissioned (1841) by the Dutch East India Company. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 51 - 333 m (Ref. 129368). Tropical
Western Pacific: Philippines and Taiwan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 311)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 107 - 113. This species is distinguished by the following characters: small, moderately elongate with head and body compressed; vertical fins no black mark; tail is slender, attenuate, though not filiform; trunk 1-4 times head length; teeth small, conical, and about four rows on jaws, in an elongate triangular patch on vomer; vertebrae in preanal 27-28, precaudal 34-37, total 107-113; preanal lateral-line pores 25-26 (Ref. 129368).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Castle, P.H.J. and D.G. Smith, 1999. A reassessment of the eels of the genus Bathycongrus in the Indo-west Pacific. J. Fish Biol. 54(5):973-995. (Ref. 36324)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 24.4 - 27.5, mean 27.2 °C (based on 5 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00063 (0.00029 - 0.00138), b=3.18 (3.00 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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