Coloconger meadi
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Anguilliformes (True Eels)
Colocongridae (Worm Eels)
Coloconger
Coloconger meadi
Description
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Characters
Relatively short and strongly compressed, with well-developed pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins. Snout is 19% to 27%, eye is 24% to 30%, and mouth length is 38% to 47% of head length. Head length is 17% to 21%, predorsal fin length is 20% to 23%, and preanal fin length is 58% to 65% of TL. Lateral line pores on head are numerous; anteriormost pores are normal, others open through fleshy tubes. Branchiostegal rays number 11 to 13, pectoral fin rays number 19 to 12, dorsal fin rays number 209 to 232, and lateral line pores to anus number 64 to 74. Head pores number 12 to 23 infraorbital, 6 to 8 supraorbital, and 1 supratemporal. Total vertebrae number 152 to 157, predorsal vertebrae number 13 to 17, and preanal vertebrae number 80 to 84 for Gulf of Mexico specimens.
Gray to brown, with sensory pores and papillae blackish.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and off northern South America to the Guianas.
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Depth range: 366 to 915 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 505 mm TL
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2019-11-15.
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: bycatch.
References
Kanazawa 1957
Smith 1989d
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
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