Red pike conger
| Red pike conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenesocidae |
| Genus: | Cynoponticus |
| Species: | C. coniceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynoponticus coniceps (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Red pike conger (Cynoponticus coniceps, also known as the Conehead eel in Mexico[2]) is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Muraenesox.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Nicaragua.[5] It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 100 metres (33 to 328 ft), and inhabits sediments of sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 202 centimetres (80 in); the maximum recorded weight is 11.0 kilograms (24.3 lb).[3]
The Red pike conger's diet consists of finfish and invertebrates.[6] It is of commercial interest to fisheries, and is considered to have high quality flesh.[3] It is also captured as a by-catch by shrimp trawlers.[5]
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Red pike conger as Data Deficient, due to a lack of information on how the species is affected by fishing activities.[5]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Cynoponticus coniceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Cynoponticus coniceps at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Cynoponticus coniceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (6 Apr.) [ref. 2470] Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237): 338-365.
- 1 2 3 Cynoponticus coniceps at the IUCN redlist.
- ↑ Food items reported for Cynoponticus coniceps at www.fishbase.org.