Congridae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 23-24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BAB612A4-03DB-4958-BEB1-92DE278FBB90

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129494

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A5BAE7A-DA01-FF9B-3AAA-FACD9D01FE43

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Congridae
status

 

Congridae View in CoL View at ENA

Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) —Scheele's conger

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.31213-042). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa. Soft bottoms in sheltered bays and lagoon reefs, 1– 10 m. Marine.

Gorgasia maculata Böhlke & Randall, 1981 View in CoL —Whitespotted garden eel

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Castle (1997: 13) and Castle & Randall (1999: 43). Specimens photographed at St. CTR 33. BPBM material.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Maldives east to Philippines and Solomon Islands. Found on sand bottoms, 15– 48 m. Marine.

Gorgasia preclara Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 —Splendid garden eel

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Castle & Randall (1999: 46). BPBM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Maldives east to Guam and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland ( Australia). Found on sand bottoms, 18– 75 m. Marine.

Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) —Spotted garden eel, Hass' garden eel

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Castle & Randall (1999: 20). AMS and WAM material.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll, Tonga, Samoa and Line Islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northwestern Australia, Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms, 1– 45 m. Marine.

Heteroconger taylori Castle & Randall, 1995 View in CoL —Taylor's garden eel

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens photographed at St. CTR 24. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia to Philippines and Papua View in CoL New Guinea. Found on sand bottoms, 5– 15 m. Marine.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Congridae

Loc

Congridae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke 2014
2014
Loc

Heteroconger taylori

Castle & Randall 1995
1995
Loc

Gorgasia maculata Böhlke & Randall, 1981

Bohlke & Randall 1981
1981
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