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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Bathyuroconger: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, oura = tail + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Vaillant.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 50 - 1318 m (Ref. 4453), usually 900 - 1000 m (Ref. 54804). Deep-water; 29°N - 36°S, 98°W - 153°W
Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (Ref. 27000), Gulf of Guinea, Namibia (Ref. 27121), and off Cape Point, South Africa (Ref. 5323). Western Atlantic: eastern Gulf of Mexico southward along coast of Central and South America to the Guianas. Indo-Pacific: eastern Africa to Hawaii.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 88.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4453)
Vertèbres: 181 - 182. Dark brownish black. Median fins black.
Found over sand (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Smith, D.G., 1990. Congridae. p. 156-167. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4453)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 4.3 - 9.6, mean 5.2 °C (based on 192 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00058 (0.00028 - 0.00118), b=3.19 (3.01 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (55 of 100).