Canadian Register of Marine Species - Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)

Traits taxon details

Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)

$To FishBase images (Conger oceanicus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)$

To FishBase images (Conger oceanicus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Conger Bosc, 1817

Original name

Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 407 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158566 on 2025-05-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158566 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 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 Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at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. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]