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Conger cinereus Longfin African Conger, Blacklip Conger, Mustache Conger, Ashen Conger-eel, Black-edged Conger, Longfin Conger

Conger cinereusis commonly referred to as Longfin African Conger, Blacklip Conger, Mustache Conger, Ashen Conger-eel, Black-edged Conger, Longfin Conger. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Conger cinereus


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lexID:
15592 
AphiaID:
217545 
Scientific:
Conger cinereus 
German:
Afrikanischer Langflossen-Conger, Schwarzlippen-Conger 
English:
Longfin African Conger, Blacklip Conger, Mustache Conger, Ashen Conger-eel, Black-edged Conger, Longfin Conger 
Category:
Eel-like 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Conger (Genus) > cinereus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Rüppell, 1830 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Australia, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa, Philippines, Rapa, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, the Seychelles, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 80 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water 
Size:
19.69" - 55.12" (50cm - 140cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Zoanthids 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-02 18:41:17 

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Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830

The longfin African conger (Conger cinereus) or blacklip conger, is an eel of the family Congridae, Feeds on fish and crustaceans at night

Synonymised names:
Conger altipinnis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Conger cinereus cinereus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Conger flavipinnatus Bennett, 1832 · unaccepted

Direct children (2):
Subspecies Conger cinereus cinereus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830
Subspecies Conger cinereus marginatus Valenciennes, 1850 accepted as Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850

Scientific paper

  1. Paramyrus kellersi Fowler, A Synonym of the Eel Conger cinereus cinereus Rüppell, Robert H. Kanazawa, 1961

External links

  1. fishbase.se (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 02.03.2023.
  3. seaunseen.com (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  5. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.

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