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WoRMS taxon details
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 126285
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Conger Bosc (ex Cuvier), 1817 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839
Conger communis Costa, 1844
Conger niger (Risso, 1810)
Conger rubescens Ranzani, 1840
Conger verus Risso, 1827
Conger vulgaris Yarrell, 1832
Leptocephalus candidissimus Costa, 1832
Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptocephalus gussoni Cocco, 1829
Leptocephalus inaequalis Facciolà, 1883
Leptocephalus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788
Leptocephalus morrisii Gmelin, 1789
Leptocephalus pellucidus (Couch, 1832)
Leptocephalus spallanzani Risso, 1810
Leptocephalus stenops Kaup, 1856
Leptocephalus vitreus Kölliker, 1853
Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Muraena nigra Risso, 1810
Ophidium pellucidum Couch, 1832
Ophisoma obtusa (Swainson, 1839)
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| Sources | |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 245 [details]
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Hildebrand, S.F. and W.C. Schroeder. 1972. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Neptune, New Jersey. 388 p. [details]
additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]
additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 245 [details]
basis of record (from synonym): Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]
additional source (from synonym): Blache, J.; Bauchot, M.-L.; Saldanha, L. (1973). Several family accounts of anguilliform fishes. in Hureau; Monod: Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. Unesco, Paris. v. 1, pp i-xxii + 1-683. page(s): 245 [details] [view taxon]
context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Atlantic Europe [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Black Sea [details]
British Isles [details]
De Panne [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
IJsselmeer [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
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| Host of | |
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudocaligus brevipedis (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Bomolochus confusus Stock, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Congericola pallida Beneden, 1854 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cresseyus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Distribution: Massachusetts to Uruguay [details]
Habitat: benthic [details]
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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| Images | |
Gilson (1921, fig. 25) added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Olsen (1883, kaart 23) added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 110 & 111) added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Cervais & Boulart) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Conger conger added on 2011-03-04 - author: VLIZ (Decleer) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Conger conger added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy qualitystatus: not checked |
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Conger conger added on 2012-10-19 - author: Pillon, Roberto ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126285 |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126285 on 2013-06-19 |
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