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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Etymology: Gavialiceps: Hindi, ghariyal = gavial, saurian of Ganges, 1825 + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335); bertelseni: Named in memory of Erik Bertelsen, leading ichthyologist and outstanding person (Ref. 44791).
Eponymy: Dr Erik ‘Bertel’ Bertelsen (1912–1993) was a celebrated Danish fisheries biologist and ichthyologist at the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 670 - 1200 m (Ref. 44791). Deep-water

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Western Indian Ocean: southwestern slope of Madagascar.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44791)

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Bright brown, the back is somewhat darker than the belly. The edges of the dorsal and anal fin rays are dark in the caudal section of the body. The gill and mouth cavities are dark but do not show through the skin. The stomach and peritoneum are bright. The stomach is long, 2.2-2.3 times the length of the head, but does not reach above the anus (Ref. 44791).

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Karmovskaya, E.S., 1994. Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 34(3):73-89. (Ref. 44791)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00155 (0.00068 - 0.00355), b=2.92 (2.72 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.6 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 (54 of 100).

Gavialiceps bertelseni Karmovskaya, 1993