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Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830
BLACKLIP CONGER
Ashen Conger-eel; Black-edged Conger; Longfin Conger; Longfin African Conger

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Conger cinereus, Longfin African conger : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium
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Conger cinereus Rüppell , 1830

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Rüppell .

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 80 m (Ref. 9710 ). Tropical; 32°N - 47°S, 24°E - 140°W

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Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ), Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Easter islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island; except in Hawaii, where former subspecies C. marginatus is found.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 140 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102 ); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11039 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines : 0; Vertebrae : 139 - 146. Flanges on upper and lower lips well developed; 2 rows of teeth in jaws, those of outer row larger; closely set and compressed to form cutting edge; 6th infraorbital pore located close behind and slightly above posterior angle of jaw. Dorsal fin begins over middle of appressed pectoral fin (Ref. 11039 , refer to key for other characters ). Brownish grey, yellow below and on fins, median fins with narrow black edge, black patch on lower rear edge of eye and on pectorals (Ref. 5323 ); assumes a pattern of broad dark bands at night (see also Ref. 4538, 1602). Body depth at gill opening 17-23 in TL (Ref. 90102 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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, assuming a pattern of broad dark grey bars (Ref. 11441 ).

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Smith, D.G. , 1999. Congridae. Conger eels. p. 1680-1686. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 11039 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 16 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 23.7 - 29, mean 27.7 °C (based on 1436 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00059 (0.00033 - 0.00105), b=3.21 (3.06 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.3   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Very high vulnerability (84 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 22.3 [12.3, 38.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.449 [0.264, 0.796] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [16.1, 22.1] %; Omega3 = 0.114 [0.052, 0.326] g/100g; Selenium = 49.9 [26.8, 95.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 67.3 [20.5, 229.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.8 [0.6, 1.1] mg/100g (wet weight);

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