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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > 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..

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 357 - 550 m (Ref. 79665). Tropical; 9°S - 22°S, 159°E - 178°W

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Southwestern Pacific Ocean: Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia (Ref. 79665).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79665)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 203 - 221; Anal soft rays: 164 - 177; Vertebrae: 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).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.1 - 9.6, mean 9.3 °C (based on 10 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00062 (0.00028 - 0.00136), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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