Daggertooth pike conger
📖 Overview
Occurs from the littoral zone to the upper bathy-benthic region . Inhabits soft bottoms , also found in estuaries. Sometimes enters freshwater environment . Feeds on small bottom fishes and crustaceans. Captured and cultured for fishery in Japan. Marketed mainly fresh . Also used as bait for shark fishing . Also caught by bag (dol) nets. Used in Chinese medicine .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Vertebrae: 145 - 159. Snout long; eye diameter 2-2.5 times in snout length; posterior nostrils much closer to eyes than to anterior nostrils; mouth very large; teeth generally large and conspicuous . Head broader, interorbital about 8 times in head; lateral-line pores before anus 44-47; dorsal-fin rays before anus 66-78; vertebrae 145-159 .: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Daggertooth pike conger is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range ? - 800 m , usually ? - 300 m . Subtropical; 47°N - 4°S, 30°E - 143°E West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, west coast of India, and Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tuvalu (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small bottom fishes and crustaceans
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 7ft spinning rod
- 30-50 lb braid
- fluorocarbon leader
- grass flats
- oyster bars
- marsh drains
- deeper channel edges
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Slot limits protect breeding-size fish. Verify daily bag limits.
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
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🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Arabian Pike Eel · Conger Pike · Daggertooth Pike-conger · Darkfin Pike Eel · Malaysian Pike · Pike Eel · Purple Pike Conger · Shape-toothed Eel · Silver Eel · Silver conger eel · Vinasse Pike Eel · daggertooth pike conger · Dagger Tooth Pikeconger |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Asfan · Nachoot · Rabah · Thubah · قنجر الكراكي خنجري الأسنان |
| 🌍CES | Pamuréna saudskoarabská · pamuréna popelavá |
| 🌍FAS | Mar-mahi-e-tiz-dandan |
| 🌍FIJ | Ikasa |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | hopeahaukiankerias |
| 🇫🇷French | Morénésoce Dague · Murène Japonaise · Murénésoce-dague |
| 🌍IND | Pucuk nipah |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Hamo · ハモ · 鱧 |
| 🇰🇷Korean | Kaet-chang-ǒ · 갯장어 |
| 🌍MAR | Wam · वाम |
| 🌍MSA | Belut · Indong · Ketingkor · Malong · Malong perak · Muar hu · Nong · Tuna |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Schukorylyi ugor' · Серебристый щукорыл · угорь японский щукорылый |
| 🌍SIN | Mudu luhulla · Mudu teliya · Puliviya · Vel luhulla |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | morenocio dentón |
| 🌍TAM | Kadal vilangu · Kadal-vilangu · கடல் விலாங்கு · கடல்வீளாங்கு |
| 🌍TGL | Pindanga · Ubod |
| 🌍THA | ปลายอดจากหูดำ |
| 🌍VIE | Cá Dưa bạc · Cá Dưa xám · Cá lae |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | Hǎi mán · Láng yá shàn · 海鰻 · 海鳗 · 灰海鰻 · 虎鰻 · 錢鰻 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conger hamo | Temminck & Schlegel | 1846 | Synonym |
| Conger longirostris | Bennett | 1830 | Synonym |
| Conger oxyrhynchus | Eydoux & Souleyet | 1850 | Synonym |
| Conger singaporensis | Bleeker | 1852 | Synonym |
| Congrus angustidens | Richardson | 1848 | Synonym |
| Congrus brevicuspis | Richardson | 1848 | Synonym |
| Congrus protervus | Richardson | 1848 | Synonym |
| Muraena arabicus | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Muraena cinerea | Forsskål | 1775 | Synonym |
| Muraenesox arabicus | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Muraenesox bengalensis | McClelland | 1844 | Synonym |
| Muraenesox cinerius | Forsskål | 1775 | Synonym |
| Muraenesox tricuspidata | McClelland | 1843 | Synonym |
| Muraenosox cinereus | Forsskål | 1775 | Synonym |
| Ophisurus rostratus | Quoy & Gaimard | 1824 | Synonym |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 34 records indexed .
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