Species FAO code: CUL

Uroconger lepturus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Estonia	et Piug-vibalangerjas	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)

Scientific name

Uroconger lepturus

Author

(Richardson, 1845)

Rank

Species

FAO code

CUL

Morphological description

Light grey-brown, lighter ventrally, fins darker (Ref. 5323). Head small. Skin soft, without scales. Dorsal originating slightly beyond tip of pectoral fin. Pectoral fin short. Anal fin inserted before middle of the body (Ref. 41285).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderAnguilliformes
  - FamilyCongridae
    - GenusUroconger
      - SpeciesUroconger lepturus

Synonyms

Congrus lepturus Richardson, 1845
Conger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)

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Uroconger lepturus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central