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(after
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FEBEFF077CBE418C" author="Smith, D. G." box="[363,511,151,177]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref12608" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Moringuidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (9), 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="1989">Smith 1989a</bibRefCitation>
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). Body moderately elongate, cylindrical anteriorly, strongly compressed near end of tail; anus near midlength; tip of tail soft and blunt, caudal fin well developed and not stiffened. Dorsal and anal fins low and fleshy, confluent with caudal fin; dorsal fin begins over or somewhat anterior to level of anus; pectoral fin small but not rudimentary. Gill opening crescentic and transverse, on lower half of side, upper corner touching middle to upper edge of pectoral-fin base. Lateral line incomplete, ending near level of anus, pores increasing in number with growth, up to a point; head pores present only on lower jaw.
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Tooth patterns in species of
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. A, teeth in one row. B, teeth in two rows.
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Teeth small, smooth, pointed, recurved (
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). Maxillary and dentary teeth in one or two rows (usually one). Intermaxillary teeth somewhat larger, in two or three irregular rows, not separated from maxillary and vomerine teeth. Vomerine teeth in one or two rows, reaching almost to posterior end of maxillary row.
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Some sexual dimorphism is present. Like the related genus
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FC89FC8F7E8D4205" box="[860,972,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Moringua</emphasis>
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, males appear to be smaller than females. Two mature males of
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FE53FCD37FC84261" box="[390,649,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger mucronatus</emphasis>
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measured 107 and
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in TL. Eleven confirmed females measured
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. See further details under
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FD86FCF77FB642BD" box="[595,759,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">N. mucronatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FF12FC1A7C204299" bold="true" box="[199,353,906,932]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known from tropical and subtropical waters in the western Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and western Pacific off southeastern
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, at depths of less than
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD5FFC2FF12FC427C5145F8" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FF12FC427C8542D1" bold="true" box="[199,452,978,1005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Habits and behavior.</emphasis>
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All evidence suggests that juvenile and pre-spawning adult
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FBA2FC4379B342D1" box="[1143,1266,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger</emphasis>
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spend most of their time buried in the sediment and come out only for a brief time to feed and spawn (Smith 1989: 62). Unlike
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FF42FB8B7C464509" box="[151,263,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Moringua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FECDFB8B7CD24509" box="[280,403,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger</emphasis>
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prefers mud rather than sand (
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FD2DFB8B7ECF4508" author="Smith, D. G." box="[760,910,1051,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref12608" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Moringuidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (9), 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="1989">Smith 1989a</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FC49FB8B79D24508" author="Smith, D. G. & Castle, P. H. J." box="[924,1171,1051,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="196 - 249" refId="ref12730" refString="Smith, D. G. & Castle, P. H. J. (1972) The eel genus Neoconger Girard: systematics, osteology, and life history. Bulletin of Marine Science, 22 (1), 196 - 249." type="journal article" year="1972">Smith & Castle 1972</bibRefCitation>
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). This may explain the relative rarity of specimens in collections. Their fossorial habits would render them largely inaccessible to trawl nets. Divers spend little time making rotenone collections in barren muddy habitats, and would thus be unlikely to collect them. The relative abundance of larvae compared to adults indicates that these eels are more common than they seem.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD5FFC2FF12FB5E7E0C4734" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" type="description">
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD5FFC2FF12FB5E79744444" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FF12FB5E7C6445D5" bold="true" box="[199,293,1230,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Species.</emphasis>
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Three species have previously been recognized in this genus:
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FC36FB5F79A945D5" box="[995,1256,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger mucronatus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FB25FB5F783E45D4" author="Girard, C." box="[1264,1407,1230,1257]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="167 - 171" refId="ref12111" refString="Girard, C. (1858) Notes on various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10, 167 - 171." type="journal article" year="1858">
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Girard,
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in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico to
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<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD5FFC2FD61FB637FBD4430" box="[692,764,1267,1293]" name="Brazil" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Brazil</collectingCountry>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD5FFC2FCD2FB6379ED4430" authority="Gilbert, 1890" authorityName="Gilbert" authorityYear="1890" box="[775,1196,1267,1293]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vermiformis">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FCD2FB6379514430" box="[775,1040,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger vermiformis</emphasis>
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Gilbert,
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</bibRefCitation>
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||
in the eastern Pacific from the northern Gulf of California to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD5FFC2FD98FA877FE7440C" box="[589,678,1303,1329]" name="Panama" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Panama</collectingCountry>
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and northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD5FFC2FC95FA877EF3440C" box="[832,946,1303,1329]" name="Colombia" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Colombia</collectingCountry>
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; and
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||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD5FFC2FC39FA8778D6440C" authority="(Castle 1965)" baseAuthorityName="Castle" baseAuthorityYear="1965" box="[1004,1431,1302,1329]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FC39FA8779B9440C" box="[1004,1272,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger tuberculatus</emphasis>
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(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FAD3FA8778CE440C" author="Castle, P. H. J." box="[1286,1423,1302,1329]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="125 - 133" refId="ref11790" refString="Castle, P. H. J. (1965) Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology, 7 (7), 125 - 133." type="journal article" year="1965">Castle 1965</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
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||
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|
||
, known only from two leptocephali collected off
|
||
<collectingRegion id="6E07F86FFFD5FFC2FD1CFAAB7ED84468" box="[713,921,1339,1365]" country="Australia" name="New South Wales" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">New South Wales</collectingRegion>
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||
,
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||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD5FFC2FC70FAAB794E4468" box="[933,1039,1339,1365]" name="Australia" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Australia</collectingCountry>
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||
. The species are all much alike in general appearance, differing only in certain meristic and morphometric characters
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD5FFC2FF12FA137E0C4734" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">
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||
The record of an adult
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FE6FFA137F7444A1" box="[442,565,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD5FFC2FDA0FA137FDD44A0" box="[629,668,1411,1437]" name="Fiji" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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||
reported by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD5FFC2FCF7FA137EA844A0" author="Smith, D. G." box="[802,1001,1411,1437]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref12608" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Moringuidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (9), 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="1989">Smith (1989a: 60)</bibRefCitation>
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||
is erroneous.The specimen in question, CAS 217641, is not
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FE55FA377CBA44FD" box="[384,507,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but a member of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD5FFC2FD24FA377EA344FC" baseAuthorityName="Hamilton" baseAuthorityYear="1822" box="[753,994,1447,1473]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Moringua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="raitaborua">
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FD24FA377EA344FC" box="[753,994,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Moringua raitaborua</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group. These eels are characterized by low vertebral counts, relatively stout body, and jaws nearly equal in length. They differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD5FFC2FB65FA5B786A44D9" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="1858" box="[1200,1323,1483,1508]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FB65FA5B786A44D9" box="[1200,1323,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Neoconger</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having the anus well behind midlength and the DFO behind the anus.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
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<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD5FFC2FF12F9837C55476C" pageId="4" pageNumber="113" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD5FFC2FF12F9837C55476C" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FF12F9837C0F4710" bold="true" box="[199,334,1555,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
From the Latin
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FDD4F9837F684711" box="[513,553,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">neo</emphasis>
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, new, and
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD5FFC2FD75F9837FB54710" box="[672,756,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="113">Conger</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
, a genus of eels. Apparently referring to a resemblance to the
|
||
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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