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Main identification features
Elongate, worm-like; head long (~1/5 length of body), pointed snout slightly overhangs mouth; mouth ~1/3 head length; teeth small, conical, in single rows on jaws, 2 rows on front of vomer and 1 row at rear; nostrils nontubular, rear one immediately before middle of eye; dorsal begins a little before anus; median fins continuous, evident near end of tail; body and tail about same length; pectoral present, small, behind top of vertical, lateral gill opening; lateral line on body to level of anus.
Yellowish-olive on body and fins, finely dotted with black.
Size: 35 cm.
Habitat: burrows in sand and mud bottoms.
Depth: 5-65 m.
The central Gulf of California to Colombia.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 65 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=31; Southern limit=2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=29; Longitudinal range=37.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 35 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Brackish; Freshwater.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Gilbert, C.H., 1890., A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 13:49-126.
- Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1-1240.
- Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
- Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1923., The marine fishes of Panama. Part I., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:1-330.
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Neoconger vermiformis, Smalleye spaghetti eel
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Etymology:
Neoconger:
Greek, neos = new + Latin, conger = conger (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on author:
Gilbert
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 55 m (Ref.
40789
). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California, Mexico southward to Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
?
range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
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Smith, D.G.
, 1994. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 6: Anguilliformes, Saccopharyngiformes, and Notacanthiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha). Smithson. Contrib. 566:50 p. (Ref.
40789
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
23 May 2007
CITES
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.6250 [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
): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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