Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Importance:
commercial
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Ref: FAO, 2000
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from Tai-chung, Chang-hwa and Erh-jen-shi, western Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Collected from mangrove creeks in Pu-Tai, southwestern Taiwan (Ref. 48455). Reported from Penghu (Ref. 43515, 55073). Also Ref. 36073.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database:
The Fish Database of Taiwan
> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Etymology: Muraenesox:Latin, muraena = morey eel + Esox, old name for pike (Ref. 45335). More on author: Forsskål.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande; havsvandrande; djupintervall ? - 800 m (Ref. 100719), usually ? - 300 m (Ref. 9942). Subtropical; 47°N - 4°S, 30°E - 143°E (Ref. 54598)
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, west coast of India, and Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tuvalu (Ref. 12596), north to Japan and Korea, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northern Australia. Migrated to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal (Ref. 6724).
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 220 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 559); common length : 80.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3397); rapporterad maxålder: 15 år (Ref. 72462)
Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Ryggkotor: 145 - 159. Snout long; eye diameter 2-2.5 times in snout length; posterior nostrils much closer to eyes than to anterior nostrils; mouth very large; teeth generally large and conspicuous (Ref. 4832). Head broader, interorbital about 8 times in head; lateral-line pores before anus 44-47; dorsal-fin rays before anus 66-78; vertebrae 145-159 (Ref. 9830).
Occurs from the littoral zone to the upper bathy-benthic region (Ref. 9942, 11230). Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 11230), also found in estuaries. Sometimes enters freshwater environment (Ref. 9987). Feeds on small bottom fishes and crustaceans. Captured and cultured for fishery in Japan. Marketed mainly fresh (Ref. 7238). Also used as bait for shark fishing (Ref. 2872). Also caught by bag (dol) nets. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
