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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Bathycongrus: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335); trimaculatus: From the Latin words tria (three) and macula (spot) in reference to the number of spots on the dorsal and anal fins.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 357 - 550 m (Ref. 79665). Tropical; 9°S - 22°S, 159°E - 178°W
Distribution
Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri
Southwestern Pacific Ocean: Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia (Ref. 79665).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 79665)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 203 - 221; Rayons mous anaux: 164 - 177; Vertèbres: 117 - 119. Distinguished by the following characters: tail slender and flexible; snout projecting beyond lower jaw, tip fleshy, extending beyond intermaxillary teeth; flange on upper lip rudimentary or absent; adnasal pore absent, some head pores enlarged; teeth moderate to slightly enlarged, intermaxillary patch exposed when mouth closed, vomerine teeth in a short rounded patch; preorbital bone with three ventral projections; stomach and intestine black (Ref. 79665).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Karmovskaya, E.S. and D.G. Smith, 2008. Bathycongrus trimaculatus, a new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the southwestern Pacific, with a redescription of Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler. Zootaxa 1943:26-36. (Ref. 79665)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 8.1 - 9.6, mean 9.3 °C (based on 10 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): 3.6 ±0.5 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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