Andaman and Nicobar Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rajan, P.T., C.R. Sreeraj and T. Immanuel, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Conger-pike eel, Indian putyekanipa, Indian pike-conger, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Etymology: Congresox: Latin, conger = conger + Esox = old name for "pike" (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; brackish; bathydemersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 800 - 875 m (Ref. 44037). Tropical; 26°N - 8°S, 33°E - 127°E

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Indo-West Pacific: From the Red Sea to Java and Sulawesi (Ref. 9830) north to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan (7238).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 123.5, range 122 - 125 cm
Max length : 250 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7238); common length : 180 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7238)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Vertebrae: 132 - 135. Body robust and eel-shaped; mouth very large, with gape reaching well beyond eye; dorsal fin inserted before gill-openings, 57-68 fin-rays before level of vent; pectoral fins relatively small, about 4 times in head length; lateral line pores before level of anus 41 or 42 (Ref. 4832).

Found in coastal waters and estuaries, on soft bottom (Ref. 30573). Feeds at night, on bottom fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 30573). Marketed mainly fresh. Caught also by bag (dol) net.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Castle, P.H.J., 1984. Muraenesocidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Volume III. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 7238)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 November 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.4 - 11.7, mean 6.8 (based on 18 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00132 (0.00056 - 0.00309), b=2.93 (2.73 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.3 ±0.75 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=310,000-920,000).

Prior r = 0.76, 95% CL = 0.50 - 1.14, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (64 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)