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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - ? m (Ref. 27363). Subtropical; 1°S - 46°S, 68°W - 14°E

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Eastern Atlantic: known only from larvae collected in the southern Gulf of Guinea from Annobon, Equatorial Guinea to Mossamedes (Moçâmedes), Angola. Western Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to San Jorge Gulf, Argentina (Ref. 86990).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 112 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911)

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Pectorals small and fan-shaped (Ref. 27363).

Found in shallow waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 27363). Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs and mollusks.

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Specimens captured in deep waters of Brazil had ovaries occupying the whole abdominal cavity with scarce adipose tissue and degraded body indicative of semelparity (Ref. 92882).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 December 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.8 - 24.9, mean 15.8 °C (based on 168 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00042 (0.00024 - 0.00074), b=3.23 (3.07 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.59 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 7.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm<5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (61 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 44.1 [26.7, 86.9] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.851 [0.485, 1.384] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.6 [15.8, 21.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.3 [0.1, 0.8] g/100g ; Selenium = 52.3 [28.1, 102.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 7.4 [2.2, 24.5] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.556 [0.410, 0.786] mg/100g (wet weight);

Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1837