Kenyaconger heemstrai

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Kenyaconger heemstrai Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Kenyaconger: Named for the east African nation of Kenya, off whose coastthe type species was collected.;  heemstrai: Named for Philip C. Heemstra who collected and preserved the holotype while on board the 'Fridjof Nansen'; in recognition of his many contributions to our knowledge of the fishes of the western Indian Ocean (Ref. 50529).

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

समुद्री बाथीड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा ? - 275 m (Ref. 50529). Deep-water

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: off Kenya.

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.7 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 50529)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 139. The species has the following characters: snout short, bluntly rounded; posterior nostril opening ventrally from a tube on upper lip behind labial flange; maxillary and mandibular teeth biserial anteriorly, uniserial posteriorly, compressed and incisor-like, closely appressed (Ref. 50529).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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Smith, D.G. and E.S. Karmovskaya, 2003. A new genus and two new species of congrid eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription and osteology of Chiloconger dentatus. Zootaxa 343:1-19. (Ref. 50529)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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