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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807–1873) was a French naturalist, collector, and dealer in natural history specimens; as was his brother Jean Baptiste Edouard Verreaux (1810–1868). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kaup.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 45 m (Ref. 86942). Temperate
Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 33839); common length : 125 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9258); peso máximo publicado: 5.0 kg (Ref. 9258)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Occurs around rocky areas.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994. Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 15 - 25, mean 18.3 °C (based on 174 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00049 (0.00021 - 0.00112), b=3.23 (3.05 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 6.28 [2.58, 11.16] mg/100g; Iron = 0.133 [0.069, 0.279] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [16.4, 22.3] %; Omega3 = 0.242 [0.101, 0.682] g/100g; Selenium = 11.9 [5.5, 26.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.4 [6.2, 114.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.357 [0.230, 0.550] mg/100g (wet weight);