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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Karmovskaya, E.S., 2004
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Eel, Largetooth conger, Hambune taarnaangerjas, ... more

Main reference

Smith, D.G. 1990. (Ref. 4453)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 88.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4453)

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 120 - 1318 m (Ref. 4453), usually 900 - 1000 m (Ref. 54804)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?; 29°N - 36°S, 98°W - 153°W

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (Ref. 27000), Gulf of Guinea, Namibia (Ref. 27121), and off Cape Point, South Africa (Ref. 5323). Western Atlantic: eastern Gulf of Mexico southward along coast of Central and South America to the Guianas. Indo-Pacific: eastern Africa to Hawaii.
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Short description

Vertebrae: 181 - 182. Dark brownish black. Median fins black.

Found over sand (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27121.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.5 ±0.80 se; Based on food items.

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

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888)