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Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Xenoconger: Greek, xenos = strange + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir John Claud Fortescue Fryer (1866–1948) was the first Entomologist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1914–1920) and the first Director of the Plant Pathology Laboratory at Harpenden, England (1920–1944). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 5 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: known only from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean, Aldabra, Cosmodelo Group of the Seychelles, New Caledonia, Palau, Fiji, and Hawaii.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7490)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Brown color with the inside of the mouth white.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Benthic within rock crevices (Ref. 58302). A specimen was collected from 0-1.5 m depth (Ref. 7490). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Randall, J.E., J.L. Earle, T. Hayes, C. Pittman, M. Severns and R.L.F. Smith, 1993. Eleven new records and validations of shore fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Pac. Sci. 47(3):222-239. (Ref. 7490)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 25.1 - 29.4, mean 27.9 °C (based on 1084 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
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