Myroconger nigrodentatus, Orange eel

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Myroconger nigrodentatus Castle & Béarez, 1995

Orange eel
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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Myrocongridae (Atlantic red eels)
Etymology: Myroconger: Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335);  nigrodentatus: Specific name refers to the internal dark pigment of the jaw and intermaxillary teeth..

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 50 - 250 m (Ref. 57763). Tropical

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Eastern Pacific.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.6 cm TL (female)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 298; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 213; Ryggkotor: 123. body rather robust, relatively short snout, teeth on intermaxillary, maxilla and dentary prominent and sharp, many with dark brown to black internal pigment; a single row of small teeth on vomer; a moderately large, almost horizontal slit-like branchial aperture; precaudal vertebrae 50.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez, 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211-222. (Ref. 26785)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.7 - 14.8, mean 14.1 °C (based on 4 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).