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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Rhynchoconger: Greek, rhingchos = snout + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335); smithi: Named for David G. Smith, Division of Fishes, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Eponymy: Dr David G Smith is an American ichthyologist who is a Museum Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 95 m (Ref. 130180). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: northern Bay of Bengal (West), India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 66.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130180)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 159. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head smaller than trunk; eye small, diameter 2.0-2.2 in snout length; rictus reaching to level of the posterior margin of pupil; preanal length more than three times in TL; ethmovomerine teeth patch is broad, with 58-74 blunt teeth arranged in 7-8 irregular rows; vomerine teeth patch is small, with 18-28 granular teeth arranged in 4-6 irregular rows, distinctly separated by narrow spaces from the ethmovomerine and maxillary teeth; supra orbital pores 3 with one supra temporal pore; vertebrae: predorsal 6-7, preanal 32-33 and total 159+ - 164+ (Ref. 130180).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra, 2022. A new congrid eel, Rhynchoconger smithi sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00063 (0.00029 - 0.00138), b=3.18 (3.00 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
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