FB-70490 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70490 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Myctophiformes Myctophidae Diaphus Diaphus agassizii Gilbert, 1908 Bicoloured longnose conger eel 2024-01-22 2024-01-22 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal0 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70499 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: head larger than trunk, HL 49.3%-56.6% pre-anal length (PAL), gill opening width is larger 15.3%-16.5% HL; rictus at posterior margin of the pupil; dorsal fin origin is slightly before the pectoral fin insertion; eye diameter 1.7-1.9 times in snout length; ethmovomerine teeth patch is broader than long with 41-44 recurved pointed teeth in six or seven rows; vomerine teeth patch pentagonal with a single tooth on posterior end, the vomerine teeth patch longer than broader with 40-41 pointed teeth in 11 rows; predorsal vertebrae 9-10, pre-anal vertebrae 35, total vertebrae 120+ to 161+. Colouration: body bicoloured, pectoral fin almost black with whitish ventrally, peritoneum and stomach black (Ref.130611). Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal 2023 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611) FB-Morphology-70499 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 Vertebrae: 161 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal 2023 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611) FB-Distribution-70499 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, India. Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal 2023 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611) FB-Size-70499 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 69.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130611)) Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal 2023 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70499 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 200 - 300 m (Ref. 130611) Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal 2023 A new deep-water conger eel of the genus <i>Rhynchoconger</i> (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611)