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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Bathymyrus: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) was a South African chemist and ichthyologist most famous for identifying a stuffed fish as a coelacanth, then thought to have been extinct for millions of years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre batidemersal; rango de profundidad ? - 490 m (Ref. 5323). Deep-water
Indian Ocean: Off Limpopo River, but probably more widespread (Ref. 5323).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5213)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 150 - 155.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Castle, P.H.J., 1986. Congridae. p. 161-165. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5323)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: bycatch
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00112 (0.00047 - 0.00271), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 26.7 [15.8, 57.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.418 [0.210, 0.767] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [14.9, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.365 [0.157, 0.949] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [7.9, 45.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.22 [1.49, 45.37] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.422 [0.288, 0.610] mg/100g (wet weight);