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Congrogadus malayanus (Weber, 1909)

Malayan eel blenny
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Congrogadinae
Etymology: Congrogadus: Latin, conger = conger + Latin, gadus = a fish, perhaps cod (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Weber.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Tropical; 5°S - 12°S

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Western Pacific: presently known only from Aru Islands, Indonesia and Torres Strait, Australia; also known from Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 531)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60 - 63; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 49 - 53; Vertebrae: 64 - 68. Opercle with a dark ocellated spot. Gill membranes fused to the isthmus. No posterior otic sensory pore; preopercular pores 7; one posterior interorbital pore. Scaled cheek; variable number of scales dorsally on opercle. A short dark bar running posteroventrally from eye to opercular ocellus. Spots arranged in 5-6 irregular rows.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Eggs with cruciform hooks on the surface. Inhabits coral reefs among crevices (Ref 90102).

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Winterbottom, R., 1985. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadidae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pac. Fish. (9):34 p. (Ref. 531)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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