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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, USNM 349204 (Ref. 33408). Also Ref. 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Castle, P.H.J. and J.E. Randall, 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Heterocongrinae
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Common names from other countries

Barnesi aedangerjas, Úhořovec barnesův, ... more

Main reference

Castle, P.H.J. and J.E. Randall. 1999. (Ref. 33408)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 121 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33408)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 90102)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 616-617; Anal soft rays: 407 - 409; Vertebrae: 201 - 219. This species slender, elongated, with the depth at the gills 1.1-1.6% of total length; a short head length, 11.2-14.1% of snout-anus length; mouth, as measured by front of upper jaw to rictus, is greater than 3.6% of snout-anus length; head pores are POM 5+4 and ST 2+1 (Ref. 58269).

Found in sand bottoms in about 5-20 m (Ref 90102).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Gorgasia barnesi Robison & Lancraft, 1984