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 / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser demersal; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 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.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm 200.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 300 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 4453); common length : 100.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 4645); common length :150 cm TL (female); max. veröff. Gewicht: 110.0 kg (Ref. 35388)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie


Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 October 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





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Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Aquarium: Öffentliche Aquarien
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.4 - 14.4, mean 8.7 °C (based on 480 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (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).
Trophic level (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.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179):  niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (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). 🛈
Preiskategorie (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.