Conger triporiceps és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels còngrids.[4]
És un peix marí, associat als esculls,[8] oceanòdrom i de clima tropical que viu entre 3-55 m de fondària.[5][9]
Es troba a l'Atlàntic occidental: des de Florida i Bermuda fins a les Antilles, l'oest del mar Carib i el Brasil.[5][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
És inofensiu per als humans.[5]
The manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps), also known as the manytooth conger eel or simply the conger eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, Bermuda, the Antilles, the western Caribbean, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 3–55 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting rocky regions and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimeters, but more commonly reach a TL of 80 cm.[3]
The manytooth conger is harvested by subsistence fisheries.[3]
The manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps), also known as the manytooth conger eel or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, Bermuda, the Antilles, the western Caribbean, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 3–55 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting rocky regions and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimeters, but more commonly reach a TL of 80 cm.
The manytooth conger is harvested by subsistence fisheries.
Conger triporiceps is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van zeepalingen (Congridae).[2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1958 door Kanazawa.
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