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Colocongridae (Short-tail eels)
Etymology: Coloconger: Greek, kolos = short, truncated + Latin conger = conger (Ref. 45335); paucitubus: Name 'paucitubus' from the Latin words 'pauci' and 'tubus', meaning 'few' and 'tubes', in reference to the diagnostic low sensory tube (pore) count on the head of the species. A noun in apposition.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 502 - 945 m (Ref. 137540). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Solomon Is.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 137540)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 194 - 211; Rayons mous anaux: 82 - 103. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: relatively few head sensory pores, total head pores usually 30-34, with 1 or 2 SO over posterior nostrils, IO usually 9 or 10, POM usually 11 or 12, and ST constantly 3; PDV 13-18, PAV 76-86, and TV 141-150; mouth cavity dark blue and gill chamber uniformly dark brown; rictus reaching vertical through posterior margin of pupil to posterior margin of eye; no anterior intermaxillary teeth; and body uniformly light brown to black, with lateral-line tubes darkened (Ref. 137540).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Ho, H.-C., D.G. Smith and J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. Species of the eel family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with description of a new species. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 113(1):154-178. (Ref. 137540)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00107 (0.00043 - 0.00268), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |