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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Heteroconger&speciesname=longissimus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Heteroconger&speciesname=longissimus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Heteroconger&speciesname=longissimus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Heteroconger&speciesname=longissimus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Heteroconger&speciesname=longissimus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Heteroconger-longissimus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Heteroconger luteolus Species in    Heteroconger Species in    Congridae - Classification - Heterocongrinae Congridae Anguilliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Heteroconger longissimus Günther , 1870 Brown garden eel Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Heteroconger longissimus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Heteroconger longissimus Picture by Patzner, R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Heterocongrinae Etymology: Heteroconger: Greek, heteros = other + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Günther . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 26938 ), usually 20 - 60 m (Ref. 7251 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Atlantic: known only from Madeira, Canary Islands and Senegal. Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Florida keys, Antilles, Yucatan, Belize and Honduras (Ref. 26938 ); extending to Brazil (Ref. 40101 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 51.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Eye large. Lower jaw longer than upper; 157 to 165 vertebrae (Ref. 26938 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found on sandy bottom, living in colonies (Ref. 26938 ). Feed on plankton and detritus (Ref. 26938 ). They retreat into burrow when frightened (Ref. 9710 ). Probably spawn during warm season (Ref. 6521 ). Larval life spans 6-8 months (Ref. 6521 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Smith, D.G. , 1990. Congridae. p. 156-167. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4453 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 15 August 2011 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 21 - 27.7, mean 25.5 °C (based on 378 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.1   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 50.1 [27.7, 80.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.645 [0.389, 1.083] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.2, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.108 [0.050, 0.301] g/100g; Selenium = 42 [23, 86] μg/100g; VitaminA = 89.5 [25.3, 302.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.12 [0.78, 1.55] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-19 13:03:25 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation