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Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023

Bicoloured longnose conger eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Rhynchoconger: Greek, rhingchos = snout + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335);  bicoloratus: Name from Latin 'bicoloratus' meaning ‘two-coloured’, referring to the bicoloured body, dorsally darker and ventrally paler..

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 300 m (Ref. 130611). Tropical

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Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, India.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 69.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130611)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 161. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: head larger than trunk, HL 49.3%-56.6% pre-anal length (PAL), gill opening width is larger 15.3%-16.5% HL; rictus at posterior margin of the pupil; dorsal fin origin is slightly before the pectoral fin insertion; eye diameter 1.7-1.9 times in snout length; ethmovomerine teeth patch is broader than long with 41-44 recurved pointed teeth in six or seven rows; vomerine teeth patch pentagonal with a single tooth on posterior end, the vomerine teeth patch longer than broader with 40-41 pointed teeth in 11 rows; predorsal vertebrae 9-10, pre-anal vertebrae 35, total vertebrae 120+ to 161+. Colouration: body bicoloured, pectoral fin almost black with whitish ventrally, peritoneum and stomach black (Ref.130611).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal, 2023. A new deep-water conger eel of the genus Rhynchoconger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Fish Biology 102(5):1245-1252. [First published online, pp. 1-8, 25 Mar. 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 13 May 2023.] (Ref. 130611)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).