Conger wilsoni, Cape conger

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Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Cape conger
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The eel’s patronym is not identified, nor can a very likely candidate be found. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Issue
Nomen dubium in Muraenidae according to Böhlke & Smith 2002:155.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 30 m (Ref. 5323). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique to the Cape of Good Hope; also Maldives. Western Pacific: Australia, Lord Howe Island, and New Zealand. Possibly occurring in Japan.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5323)

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Vértebra: 140 - 142. Brownish grey dorsally, creamy white ventrally. Wide dusky margin on median fins.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters and estuaries. Demersal on rocky reefs (Ref. 9563). Flesh highly esteemed. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Castle, P.H.J., 1986. Congridae. p. 161-165. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5323)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 5323)





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 15.5 - 26.6, mean 22.5 °C (based on 765 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.5   ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.7 [12.7, 41.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.413 [0.244, 0.779] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [16, 22] %; Omega3 = 0.0947 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 45.6 [24.9, 87.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.2 [10.8, 124.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.03 [0.73, 1.45] mg/100g (wet weight);