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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 / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 357 - 550 m (Ref. 79665). Tropical; 9°S - 22°S, 159°E - 178°W
Distribución
Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri
Southwestern Pacific Ocean: Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia (Ref. 79665).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.1 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 79665)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 203 - 221; Radios blandos anales: 164 - 177; Vértebra: 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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.1 - 9.6, mean 9.3 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).