Diagnostic Description
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Colorful congrid with a stiff caudal fin adapted for rapid backward burrowing (Ref. 37816).Description: Characterized by whitish or pale yellow color with dark brown bars/saddles on body; numerous dark brown spots on head; large dark brown spots on dorsal fin; depth of body at gill opening 14-21 in TL; cleft of mouth reaching about middle of the eye; origin of dorsal fin about one-half eye diameter anterior to gill opening; anus well anterior to middle of body; small villiform jaw teeth in multiple rows, tapering posteriorly (Ref. 90102).
Morphology
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Vertebrae: 154 - 159
Biology
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A colorful congrid that lives beneath the sand of lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 89972).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於印度-太平洋區海域；臺灣海域目前出現在東北部及東部海域。
利用
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產量少，漁民偶以底延繩釣捕獲；可供分類研究利用，漁業之經濟價值較低。
描述
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身體適當延長呈長圓柱兩端較窄的紡錘狀，尾部側扁，身體及奇鰭橫跨約12-14個暗色帶，全長為鰓孔位體高及肛門位體高之16.0-23.0及16.6-27.6倍；肛門靠近全長中點，肛門前長佔全長肛門前長肛門前長佔全長的42-46
%；尾長無特別延長，其長度約為肛門前長肛門前長的1.2-1.3倍；尾端較硬，不易彎折，尾部末端鰭條退化，較背鰭及臀鰭的鰭條短；背鰭起點位於胸鰭基部之前；奇鰭具有較寬且明顯的黑色邊緣，鰭條不分節；胸鰭發達，位於體高中點，胸鰭為乳黃色半透明，靠近基部1/2處為暗色，基部上緣約與眼睛垂直中點等高；鰓孔為淡色，幾乎呈垂直線狀，且恰好位於身體側邊中點之下，其上緣與胸鰭基部上端1/4處等高；全長為頭長全長為頭長之5.8-6.4倍，吻端尖，頭部具許多暗色斑點，口裂末端約位於眼睛中點，上顎略長於下顎，吻長略大於眼直徑，吻長為眼直徑之1.3-1.6倍；眼睛大，約占頭長的14-17
%；嘴唇發達，具上、下反摺之游離唇瓣，唇瓣上亦具暗色斑點；前鼻孔為短管狀，靠近吻端，後鼻孔小，為橢圓形，位於眼睛前面，稍微低於眼睛中點的水平線。下眼窩有8個感覺孔，顳骨接合處有3個感覺孔；肛門前背鰭鰭條數為72-94；背鰭前側線孔數4，胸鰭前側線孔數9-10，肛門前側線孔數55-58；背鰭前脊椎骨數5-6，肛門前脊椎骨數57-59，血管閉合處前脊椎骨數82-86，總脊椎骨數154-157。南希錐體康吉鰻(/Ariosoma
nancyae/)為本種之同種異名。
棲地
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主要棲息於潟湖或臨海礁區的沙泥地，棲息深度在2-32公尺間的海域。
Barred conger
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The barred conger (Ariosoma fasciatum) is a species of conger eel that lives in the tropical western and central Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the barred sand conger. It is a bottom-dwelling fish and is found in the waters around Madagascar, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Tahiti and some other island groups.
Description
The barred conger is a slender, nearly cylindrical elongated fish which becomes laterally compressed towards the tail. It grows to a length of about 60 centimetres (24 in) and has robust pectoral fins. It has large gill slits immediately in front of the pectoral fin origins. It has between 154 and 159 vertebrae and a long, narrow dorsal fin that runs almost the whole length of the body. The small caudal fin is stiffened and adapted for rapid reverse burrowing into the substrate. The barred conger has a well-developed lateral line and no scales. It is a whitish fish with about twelve irregular dark brown bars on the body and many small dark spots on the head. The dorsal fin has further prominent barring and spotting.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
The barred conger is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Its range includes Madagascar, Indonesia, Taiwan, Sulawesi, the Marshall Islands, the Society Islands, Hawaii and Tahiti. It is found on the seabed where it burrows into sand in lagoons and on reef flats at depths ranging between 10 and 50 m (33 and 164 ft).[3] It spends the day buried and emerges at night to forage.[2]
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Barred conger: Brief Summary
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The barred conger (Ariosoma fasciatum) is a species of conger eel that lives in the tropical western and central Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the barred sand conger. It is a bottom-dwelling fish and is found in the waters around Madagascar, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Tahiti and some other island groups.
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