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Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856)

Whitespotted conger
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 320 - 830 m (Ref. 54340). Temperate; 46°N - 19°N, 113°E - 143°E (Ref. 54340)

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Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korean Peninsula and the East China Sea.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559); Età massima riportata: 8 anni (Ref. 72462)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 142 - 148. Head and body with white spots. Lower jaw moderate in size, premaxillary teeth not exposed when closed. Upper lip groove deep (appearing folded up). Maxillary teeth arranged in almost 1 row. Preanal lateral line pores 39-43 (Ref. 41299).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Common on coasts of Japan, in sandy-muddy bottoms (also Ref. 11230); most relished among the congrids. Captured and cultured for fishery in Japan.

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.5 - 13.5, mean 8.8 °C (based on 41 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00058 (0.00036 - 0.00092), b=3.23 (3.10 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.68 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 5.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm>4).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.76, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.4 [14.3, 41.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.299 [0.176, 0.494] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.4, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.6 [0.3, 1.6] g/100g; Selenium = 27.9 [15.5, 51.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.56 [2.37, 30.98] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.377 [0.277, 0.529] mg/100g (wet weight);