Species FAO code: MCG

Congresox talabonoides

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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
Italy	it Murena del Pacifico	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)

Scientific name

Congresox talabonoides

Author

(Bleeker, 1853)

Rank

Species

FAO code

MCG

Morphological description

Body robust and eel-shaped; mouth very large, with gape reaching well beyond eye; dorsal fin inserted before gill-openings, 57-68 fin-rays before level of vent; pectoral fins relatively small, about 4 times in head length; lateral line pores before level of anus 41 or 42 (Ref. 4832).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderAnguilliformes
  - FamilyMuraenesocidae
    - GenusCongresox
      - SpeciesCongresox talabonoides

Synonyms

Conger talabonoides Bleeker, 1853
Muraenesox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)
Congresox telabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)
Congresox talabanoides (Bleeker, 1853)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)

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Congresox talabonoides

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

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