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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Japonoconger: Composed from Japan + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335); caribbeus: Named for the Caribbean Sea, the only place the species has been collected (Ref. 40828).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 329 - 576 m (Ref. 40828). Deep-water, preferred ?
Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40789)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 160 - 166. Similar to Japonoconger sivicolus but with more head pores. Basic pattern of supratemporal pore seems to be a median pore flanked on each side by a pore midway to the lateral line and another pore immediately above the first lateral-line pore. Anomalies common, but no specimen less than four. Some specimens with one or two postorbital pores; Supratemporal pores show considerable variation, but no specimen has fewer than six.
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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