Cone eels
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Conger eels ( congrinae ) |
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| Gill , 1861 |
The conger (Congrinae) are a subfamily of Meeraale (Congridae) that slightly more than 20 genera and 60 species comprises. They live worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas from shallow water to the deep sea. Conger eels are mostly nocturnal and live in caves, crevices in the rock or burrow tail first in the sandy soil during the day.
features
The body shape is eel-like, the body diameter is usually larger than that of the river eels . The rays of the dorsal and anal fin are segmented and the pectoral fins are well developed. The back nostrils are between the eyes.
Reproduction
The reproductive biology of fish is largely unknown. Females of European conger ( Conger conger ) put three to 8 million eggs, feed sheet form from those free-floating Leptocephalus hatch larvae.
Genera
- Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
- Bassanago Whitley, 1948
- Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898
- Bathyuroconger Fowler, 1934
- Blachea Karrer & Smith, 1980
- Conger Bosc, 1817
- Congrhynchus Fowler, 1934
- Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
- Congrosoma Garman, 1899
- Diploconger Kotthaus, 1968
- Gavialiceps Alcock, 1889
- Gnathophis Kaup, 1860
- Japonoconger Asano, 1958
- Lumiconger Castle & Paxton, 1984
- Macrocephenchelys Fowler, 1934
- Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976
- Promyllantor Alcock, 1890
- Pseudophichthys Roule, 1915
- Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
- Scalanago Whitley, 1935
- Uroconger Kaup, 1856
- Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (Non-Perciformes) , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1998, ISBN 3-88244-116-X .
