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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335); melanopterus: Name 'melanopterus' from Greek words 'melano' and 'pterus', meaning 'black' and 'winged', in reference to the black pectoral fin on the new species.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: India.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.9 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 141. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal-fin origin behind the pectoral-fin tip; head 18.5% TL; predorsal length 24.0% TL; trunk, 52.4% PAL; eye 12.9% HL; trunk length is 1.1 times in head length; vomer with seven uniserial teeth at posterior end; body fully blackish to dark brown; pectoral fin much darker than body; cephalic pores with whitish rims; SO pores 3; first two pores located at snout tip; small adnasal pore, which is positioned adjacent to third SO pore; IO pores 6, 5 before rictus and 1 behind rictus; pectoral rays 19; and total vertebrae 141+ (Ref. 138213).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Kodeeswaran, P., Smith. D.G., D.D. DS, T.T.A Kumar and K.K. Lal, 2023. A new species of the congrid eel genus Conger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from
the southwest coast of India. Zootaxa 5244(5):474-484. (Ref. 138213)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00048 (0.00021 - 0.00107), b=3.23 (3.05 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.9 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
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