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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Conger: Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 507 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical, preferred ?
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii. Western Central Pacific: Guam (Ref. 35721).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Benthic in crevices of hard substrata (Ref. 58302).
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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
Human uses
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