Conger monganius Northern Conger, Mongonui Conger

Conger monganius is commonly referred to as Northern Conger, Mongonui Conger. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 14776
AphiaID:: 1495533

Scientific:: Conger monganius
German:: Meeraal
English:: Northern Conger, Mongonui Conger

Category:: Eel-like

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Conger (Genus) > monganius (Species)
Initial determination:: (Phillipps, ), 1932

Occurrence:: Australia, Eastern Indian Ocean, New Zealand, Western Australia
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 - 100 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 90,4 cm
Weight:: 60 kg
Temperature:: 60.8 °F - 78.8 °F (16°C - 26°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Conger cinereus
Afrikanischer Langflossen-Conger, Schwarzlippen-Conger
Conger conger
Meeraal, Seeaal
Conger erebennus
Conger esculentus
Conger japonicus
Conger macrocephalus
Conger marginatus
Conger myriaster
Conger oceanicus
Conger oligoporus
Conger orbignianus
Conger philippinus
Conger triporiceps
Conger verreauxi
Conger wilsoni

More related species in this lexicon:

Conger monganius
Meeraal

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-05-08 19:20:34
Last edit:: 2024-07-07 21:23:48

Info

Conger monganius is a large marine eel that lives in rocky reefs and shipwrecks.
The powerful fish is also popular as a sport fish, but almost nothing is known about its biology.

Synonym: Leptocephalus monganius Phillipps, 1932

External links

A Comparative Morphological study of Recent otoliths of the Congridae, Muraenesocidae, Nettastomatidae and Colocongridae (Anguilliformes) (en). Abgerufen am 08.05.2022.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 08.05.2022.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (en). Abgerufen am 08.05.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 08.05.2022.

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Conger monganius,Out of the water at low tide. North Shore, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand 2022

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