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Species Conger monganius (Phillipps, 1932)

Eastern Conger, Common Conger-eel, Conger Eel, Short-finned Conger Eel, Short-finned Conger-eel, Wilson's Conger Eel

 

Introduction

The species has generally been treated as Conger wilsoni after Kanazawa (1958). Böhlke & Smith (2002) and Smith (2008) regarded the name of an uncertain status (incertae sedis) belonging to the Muraenidae. The next available name according to Castle (1964) would be Conger labiatus Castelnau 1879. However, Smith & Stewart (2015) considered Conger monganius as the oldest name that unequivocally refers to this species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Recherche Archipelago (34°00'S, 122°14'E) to Dongarra (29°15'S, 114°56'E) WA, and One Tree Island, QLD (23°30'S, 152°05'E) to Lake Tyers, VIC (37°51'S, 148°06`S) and possibly west to Portland (141°37'E), also Middleton Reef and Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea; temperate, discontinuous Indo west-Pacific (Japan, New Zealand, South Africa)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

2-150 m

 

General References

Böhlke, E.B. & Smith, D.G. 2002. Type catalogue of Indo-Pacific Muraenidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 152: 89-172 [155]

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [212] (as Conger wilsoni)

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Congridae. pp. 287-297 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [292] (as Conger wilsoni)

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [17] (as Conger wilsoni)

Kanazawa, R.H. 1958. A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 108(3400): 219-267 figs 1-7 pls 1-4 [256] (as Conger wilsoni)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [30] (as Conger wilsoni)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [65] (as Leptocephalus labiatus)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [45] (316, as Leptocephalus labiatus)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [141] (as as Conger wilsoni, with Conger labiata as incerta sedis in Congridae)

Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Congridae. pp. 174-179 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [176]

Smith, D.G. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Derichthyidae, Nemichthyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae. pp. 259-290 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [276]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (346, as Leptocephalus wilsoni hesperius and 347, as Leptocephalus labiatus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019 ELOPOMORPHA 03-Aug-2018 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
23-Sep-2011 ANGUILLIFORMES 23-Sep-2011 MOVED Dr Dianne Bray
12-Feb-2010 (import)