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 | Domain : Eukaryota |
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| | | Phylum : Chordata |
| | | | Subphylum : Vertebrata |
| | | | | Superclass : Gnathostomata |
| | | | | | Grade : Teleostomi |
| | | | | | | Class : Actinopterygii |
| | | | | | | | Subclass : Neopterygii |
| | | | | | | | | Division : Teleostei |
| | | | | | | | | | Subdivision : Elopomorpha |
| | | | | | | | | | | Order : Anguilliformes |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Family : Congridae |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Genus : Conger |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Species : cinereus |
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Conger cinereus
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Rüppell 1830
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Genus:
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Conger
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Species:
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cinereus
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Current Name
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Current Name:
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Conger cinereus
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Current Author:
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Rüppell 1830
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Current Genus:
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Conger
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Current Species:
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cinereus
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Current Summary:
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Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830 Congridae.
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Original Name
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Original Name:
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Conger cinereus
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Original Author:
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Rüppell 1830
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Original Genus Species:
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Conger cinereus
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Original Genus:
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Conger
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Original Species:
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cinereus
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Original Description
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| Original Name: | Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830 | | Reference: | [ref. 3843] | | Journal Acronym: | BOOK | | Journal: | Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres. | | Article: | Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. | | Pages: | 1-141 + 3 pp. | | Drawings: | col. Pls. 1-35 | | Text Page: | 115 | | Illustrations: | Pl. 29 (fig. 1) | | Type Locality: | Red Sea. | | Primary Type: | Holotype: SMF 766 |
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Bibliography
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* Valid as Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830.
Dor 1984 - [ref. 17376] - CLOFRES. Checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Page: 33
Asano in Masuda et al. 1984 - [ref. 6441] - The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokai Univ. Press. Page: 28
Castle 1986 - [ref. 5644] - [Various anguilliform families]. Family No. 39 (pp. 160-161), 40 (pp. 161-165), 43 (pp. 186-187), 44 (pp. 187-188), 45 (p. 188), 46 (pp. 188-190), 47 (pp. 190-191), 48 (p. 191), 49 (pp. 191-192), 50 (pp. 192-193), 51 (pp. 193-194). In: Smiths' Sea (Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715]). Page: 164
Allen & Swainston 1988 - [ref. 25477] - The marine fishes of north-western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Page: 34
Paxton et al. 1989 - [ref. 12442] - Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 7. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Page: 141
Pequeño 1989 - [ref. 14125] - Peces de Chile. Lista sistemática revisada y comentada. Page: 25
Smith 1989 - [ref. 13285] - [Various eel families] In: Böhlke, E. B. (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Page: 515
Paulin et al. 1989 - [ref. 24556] - New Zealand fish a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series. Page: 74
Winterbottom et al. 1989 - [ref. 13251] - An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. Page: 11
Randall et al. 1990 - [ref. 15987] - Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Page: 46
Francis 1993 - [ref. 25479] - Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Island, southwest Pacific Ocean. Page: 158
Goren & Dor 1994 - [ref. 25356] - An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea. CLOFRES II. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. Page: 8
Quéro & Saldanha 1995 - [ref. 22017] - Poissons anguilliformes de l'Ile de la Réunion (Océan Indien): description d'une nouvelle espèce. Page: 76
Randall 1995 - [ref. 22896] - Coastal fishes of Oman. Crowford House Publishing Pty Ltd, Bathurst, Australia. Page: 59
Allen 1997 - [ref. 23977] - Marine fishes of tropical Australia and south-east Asia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. Page: 54
Carpenter et al. 1997 - [ref. 23922] - FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO Rome. Page: 109
Randall et al. 1997 - [ref. 25919] - Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Page: 46
Myers 1999 - [ref. 23965] - Micronesian reef fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. 3rd revised ed. Coral Graphics, Guam. Page: 58
Fricke 1999 - [ref. 24106] - Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez). An annotated checklist with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books. Page: 68
Smith 1999 - [ref. 24661] - Elopidae, Megalopidae, and most eel families. In: Carpenter and Niem 1999 [ref. 24635]. Page: 1687
Johnson 1999 - [ref. 25471] - Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Page: 722
Randall 1999 - [ref. 25829] - Report on fish collections from the Pitcairn Islands. Page: 5
Nakabo 2000 - [ref. 25086] - (Ed.) Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. Second edition. Tokai University Press. Page: 229
Smith in Randall & Lim 2000 - [ref. 25122] - A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Page: 586
Laboute & Grandperrin 2000 - [ref. 25191] - Poissons de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Page: 120
Randall & Earle 2000 - [ref. 25806] - Annotated checklist of the shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands. Page: 7
Hutchins 2001 - [ref. 25847] - Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Page: 17
Shinohara et al. 2001 - [ref. 25995] - Annotated Checklist of the Deepwater Fishes from Fishes from Tosa Bay, Japan. Page: 294
Nakabo 2002 - [ref. 26001] - (Ed.) Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition. Tokai University Press. Page: 229
Allen & Adrim 2003 - [ref. 26830] - Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Page: 24
Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003 - [ref. 27377] - Taxonomic composition, diversity and distribution of coastal fishes of the Arabian Sea. Page: S96
Myers & Donaldson 2003 - [ref. 27495] - The fishes of the Mariana Islands. Page: 612
Lobel & Lobel 2004 - [ref. 27576] - Annotated checklist of the fishes of Wake Atoll. Page: 68
Randall et al. 2004 - [ref. 27624] - Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga. Page: 6
Comment: dated 1828
Heemstra et al. 2004 - [ref. 27945] - Preliminary checklist of coastal fishes from the Mauritian island of Rodrigues. Page: 3316
Heemstra & Heemstra 2004 - [ref. 28072] - Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. NISC and SAIAB. Page: 101
Randall 2005 - [ref. 28239] - Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Page: 27
Mundy 2005 - [ref. 28379] - Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Page: 141
Hoese & Gates 2006 - [ref. 28997] - Various families and subfamilies: pp. 9-61, 63-65, 66-67, 72-73, 74-75, 76-79, 94-95, 125-126, 127-128, 129 -130, 132-133, 134-136, 140-148, 149-152, 158-159, 161-162, 170-172, 235-237, 287-297, 350-356, 357-365, 467-471, 567-574, 741-744, 859-861, 919-910, 1049-1051, 1052-1057, 1148-1173. In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes. Page: 291
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Distribution and Habitat
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Water Type:
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Brack & Salt
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reef-associated - Solitary species common on reef flats and seagrass beds of shallow lagoons but ranges to depths of 80 m on outer reef slopes (Ref. 1602). Also found in estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds on fish and crustaceans at night.
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0.0 to 80.0 metres
0.0 to 262.5 feet
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Distribution:
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Indo-West Pacific.
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Anatomy
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Maximum Length:
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1300mm(TL)
51.18" (TL)
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Common Names
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| Common Name | Used In | Language | | Longfin African conger | FishWise | English | | Longfin African conger | United Kingdom | English | | Blackedged conger | South Africa | English | | Blackedged conger | Smiths' Sea Fishes | English | | Swartrand-seepaling | South Africa | Afrikaans | | Black-edged conger | Australia | English | | Indian conger eel | United Kingdom | English | | Ash-colored conger eel | Hawaii (USA) | English | | Ashen conger eel | Papua New Guinea | English | | Blackedged conger | New Zealand | English | | Blacklip conger | Christmas Island (Australia.) | English | | Moustache conger | Niue | English | | Moustache conger | Micronesia | English | | Weor | Micronesia | Woleaian | | White eel | Hawaii (USA) | English | | Congre oiro | France | French | | Congrio de aleta larga | Spain | Spanish | | Harmaameriankerias | Finland | Finnish | | I'aui | Samoa | Samoan | | Kiri-anago | Japan | Japanese | | Konger wschodni | Poland | Polish | | Maguungi | Somalia | Other | | Mkunga samaki | Kenya | Swahili | | Mojowud | Marshall Is, Rep. of the | Other | | Mudu arndha | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese | | Ngoengoe | French Polynesia | Rapan | | Obud | Philippines | Tagalog | | 'oiro | Tahiti | Tahitian | | Puhi uha | Hawaii (USA) | Hawaiian | | Pusi-solasulu | Samoa | Samoan | | Safio de Moçambique | Mozambique | Portuguese | | Tohei | Hawaii (USA) | Hawaiian | | Ubod | Philippines | Visayan |
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