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Common names: Common pike conger, Common pike eel, Pike eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: CSIRO CA1088. Found from North West Cape to Darwin, W.A. (Ref. 5978), and from Murchison River, W.A. to Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. (Ref. 7300). Also Ref. 33390.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Morénésoce commun, Morenocio común, Common pike eel, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Etymology: Muraenesox: Latin, muraena = morey eel + Esox, old name for pike (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 9830). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines and Japan, south to New Guinea, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 93.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); common length : 150 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2871); max. published weight: 7.1 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Vertebrae: 128 - 141. Body robust and eel-shaped; snout long; eye diameter 3 times in snout length (Ref. 4832). Head narrower, interorbital width about 10 times in head; lateral-line pores before anus 33-39; dorsal-fin rays before anus 47-49 (Ref. 9830). Posterior nostrils only slightly nearer to eye than to anterior nostrils; mouth very large; teeth generally large and conspicuous (Ref. 4832).

Found in coastal waters, including estuaries; sublittoral above 100 m (Ref. 11230). Feeds on benthic fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 9830). Nocturnal. Known to attack fishers or anglers after being captured (Ref. 6590). Also caught by drift net and bag (dol) nets. Marketed mainly fresh. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

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van der Elst, R., 1981. A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. C. Struik, Cape Town. 367 p. (Ref. 3670)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 November 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.7 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 2108 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00182 (0.00101 - 0.00327), b=2.91 (2.74 - 3.08), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=17,475).

Prior r = 0.76, 95% CL = 0.50 - 1.14, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton, 1822)