Conger conger, European conger : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)

European conger
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Common names from other countries

Congre d'Europe, Congrio común, Угорь морской (=конгер), ... more

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

Environment: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range Ecologie

marien demersaal; oceanodroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 0 - 1171 m (Ref. 56504). Temperate; 68°N - 12°N, 32°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland to Senegal. Also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm 200.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 300 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 4453); common length : 100.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 4645); common length :150 cm TL (female); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 110.0 kg (Ref. 35388)

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Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Found on rocky and sandy bottoms (Ref. 12382). Depth range from 0-500 m (Ref. 4453) and from 305-1171 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). It stays near the coast when young and moves toward deeper waters upon reaching adulthood (Ref. 5377). A nocturnal (Ref. 12382) predator of fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 6521). Like other species of the group, it reproduces only once in its life (Ref. 5377). Sexually mature at an age of 5-15 years. Spawn in summer in the Atlantic off Portugal and in the Mediterranean. Produces 3-8 million of eggs (Ref. 35388). Marketed fresh and frozen. Eaten fried and baked (Ref. 9988).

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Eggs are deposited in the open sea, at depths between 2,000 and 3,000 m (Ref. 12382).

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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)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 October 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





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Visserij: commercieel; sportvis: ja; Aquarium: Publieke aquaria
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.4 - 14.4, mean 8.7 °C (based on 480 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00046 (0.00035 - 0.00059), b=3.26 (3.20 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 17.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (K=0.06; tm=5-15 (female tm>10); Fec=3,000,000).
Prior r = 0.35, 95% CL = 0.23 - 0.53, Based on 7 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (86 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 10.9 [6.6, 19.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.259 [0.148, 0.441] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.3, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.482 [0.219, 1.328] g/100g; Selenium = 39.3 [20.9, 74.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.33 [2.17, 33.01] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.278 [0.200, 0.398] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.