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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Heterocongrinae
Etymology: Heteroconger: Greek, heteros = other + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Léon Diguet (1859–1926) was a French chemical engineer and geologist who was employed at a copper mine at Santa Rosalia, Baja California (1889–1892). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 230 - 275 m (Ref. 9292). Deep-water; 24°N - 23°N
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Jalisco, Mexico.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9292)
Forms big colonies on sandy bottom near reefs (Ref. 37955). Feeds on zooplankton suspended in the water column (Ref. 37955).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Smith, D.G., 1995. Congridae. Congrios. p. 1026-1035. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9292)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 6.6 - 11.4, mean 7.3 °C (based on 4 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).