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Colocongridae (Short-tail eels)
Etymology: Coloconger: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Latin conger = conger (Ref. 45335); paucitubus: Name 'paucitubus' from the Latin words 'pauci' and 'tubus', meaning 'few' and 'tubes', in reference to the diagnostic low sensory tube (pore) count on the head of the species. A noun in apposition.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batidemersal; intervalo de profundidade 502 - 945 m (Ref. 137540). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Solomon Is.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 137540)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 194 - 211; Raios anais : 82 - 103. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: relatively few head sensory pores, total head pores usually 30-34, with 1 or 2 SO over posterior nostrils, IO usually 9 or 10, POM usually 11 or 12, and ST constantly 3; PDV 13-18, PAV 76-86, and TV 141-150; mouth cavity dark blue and gill chamber uniformly dark brown; rictus reaching vertical through posterior margin of pupil to posterior margin of eye; no anterior intermaxillary teeth; and body uniformly light brown to black, with lateral-line tubes darkened (Ref. 137540).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Ho, H.-C., D.G. Smith and J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. Species of the eel family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with description of a new species. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 113(1):154-178. (Ref. 137540)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00110 (0.00043 - 0.00279), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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