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Bathycongrus melanostomus Huang, Ho, Chen & Chan, 2022

Black mouth conger
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Bathycongrus: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335);  melanostomus: Name from Greek ‘melano’ for black and ‘stomus’ meaning mouth, referring to the black mouth..

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

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 300 m (Ref. 127460). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: eastern Taiwan.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 127460)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

This moderately elongate species is distinguish by the following characters: uniformly small teeth on vomer forming an oval patch; a strongly reduced caudal fin; abdomen, a short, broad and blunt snout, intermaxillary teeth barely exposed when mouth closed; pre-anal vertebrae 31, precaudal vertebrae 41, total vertebrae 133–135; pre-anal lateral-line pores 31. Colouration: body color ranges from dark gray to dark brown; mouth cavity and gill chamber are blackish; dorsal and anal fins grayish with black margins; yellowish pectoral fin with a black margin (Ref. 127460).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

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Huang, J.-F., H.-C. Ho, H.-M. Chen and T.-Y. Chan, 2022. A new species of the congrid eel genus Bathycongrus (Order Anguilliformes) from eastern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):78-86. (Ref. 127460)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fonti Internet

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).