WoRMS taxon details

Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)

158566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158566)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 407 [details]   
Distribution Cape Cod to northeastern Florida  
Distribution Cape Cod to northeastern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158566 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 407 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]   

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on shrimps, crabs, molluscs and small fishes, including herring [details]

Distribution Cape Cod to northeastern Florida [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found in coastal waters at depths of 1- 260 m. [details]

Importance Social- Minor commercial [details]

Reproduction Spawning occurs once per lifetime offshore and during the summer; female produces up to 6 million eggs [details]
LanguageName 
English conger eel  [details]