WoRMS taxon details
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
AphiaID: 158566
AphiaID: 158566
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Congrinae (Subfamily) > Conger (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Conger Bosc (ex Cuvier), 1817 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818 Conger oceanica (Mitchill, 1818) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [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 Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
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] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158566 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818). 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=158566 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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