Congre americà

Congre americà
Conger oceanicus
	;
Estat de conservació
	Risc mínim
UICN	199391
Taxonomia
Superregne	Holozoa
Regne	Animalia
Fílum	Chordata
Classe	Actinopteri
Ordre	Anguilliformes
Família	Congridae
Gènere	Conger
Espècie	Conger oceanicus ; Mitchill, 1818
Nomenclatura
Sinònims	Anguilla oceanica (Mitchill, 1818); Conger oceanica (Mitchill, 1818);

El congre americà (Conger oceanicus) és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels còngrids.^[2]

Descripció

Pot arribar a fer 230 cm de llargària màxima (normalment, en fa 100) i 40 kg de pes.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Alimentació

Menja peixos, crustacis i mol·luscs.^[3]

Depredadors

Als Estats Units és depredat pel tallahams (Pomatomus saltatrix).^[6]^[7]

Hàbitat

És un peix marí, demersal, oceanòdrom i de clima subtropical (43°N-16°S) que viu entre 1 i 477 m de fondària (normalment, entre 75 i 150).^[3]^[8]^[9]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba a l'Atlàntic occidental (des del Canadà i el cap Cod -Massachusetts- fins al nord-est de Florida i el nord del golf de Mèxic) i l'Atlàntic oriental (l'illa de Santa Helena).^[10]^[3]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

Costums

És bentònic.^[23]

Observacions

És inofensiu per als humans.^[3]

Referències

↑ Catalogue of Life (anglès)
↑ The Taxonomicon (anglès)
↑ ^3,0 ^3,1 ^3,2 ^3,3 ^3,4 «Conger oceanicus» (en anglès). FishBase. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (editors).
↑ Robins, C.R. i G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Estats Units. 354 p.
↑ Randall, J.E. i R. Vergara R., 1978. Congridae. A: W. Fischer (ed.). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 2. pag.var.
↑ Buckel, J.A., M.J. Fogarty i D.O. Conover, 1999. Foraging habits of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, on the U.S. east coast continental shelf. Fish. Bull. 97:758-775.
↑ FishBase (anglès)
↑ Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p.
↑ Scott, W.B. i M.G. Scott, 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219: 731 p.
↑ Edwards, A., 1990. Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Anglaterra.
↑ Bigelow, H.B. i W.C. Schroeder, 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull. 53:1-577.
↑ Bigelow, H.B. i W.W. Welsh, 1925. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Bull. W.S. Bur. Fish. 40:1-567.
↑ Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels i M.D. Grosslein, 2000. Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.
↑ Claro, R., 1994. Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. A R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba i Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
↑ Coad, B.W., 1995. Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. Singapur.
↑ Moring, J.R., 1990. Seasonal absence of fishes in tidepools of a boreal environment (Maine, USA). Hydrobiologia 194(2):163-168.
↑ Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea i J.D. Williams, 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland, Estats Units.
↑ Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1980. A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174.
↑ Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p.
↑ Rountree, R.A., 1990. Community structure of fishes attracted to shallow water fish aggregation devices off South Carolina, USA. Environ. Biol. Fish. 29(4):241-262.
↑ Scotton, L.N., R.E. Smith, N.S. Smith, K.S. Price i D.P. de Sylva, 1973. Pictorial guide to fish larvae of Delaware Bay: with information and bibliographies useful for the study of fish larvae. Delaware Bay Report Series. Vol. 7. College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware. 205 p.
↑ Wilk, S.J., W.W. Morse i D.E. Ralph, 1978. Length-weight relationships of fishes collected in the New York Bight. Bull. New Jersey Acad. Sci. 23(2):58-64.
↑ Scott, W.B. i M.G. Scott, 1988.

Enllaços externs

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AQUATAB

[1] Catalogue of Life (anglès)

[2] The Taxonomicon (anglès)

[FishBase-3] 3,0 ^3,1 ^3,2 ^3,3 ^3,4 «Conger oceanicus» (en anglès). FishBase. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (editors).

[4] Robins, C.R. i G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Estats Units. 354 p.

[5] Randall, J.E. i R. Vergara R., 1978. Congridae. A: W. Fischer (ed.). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 2. pag.var.

[6] Buckel, J.A., M.J. Fogarty i D.O. Conover, 1999. Foraging habits of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, on the U.S. east coast continental shelf. Fish. Bull. 97:758-775.

[7] FishBase (anglès)

[8] Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p.

[9] Scott, W.B. i M.G. Scott, 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219: 731 p.

[10] Edwards, A., 1990. Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Anglaterra.

[11] Bigelow, H.B. i W.C. Schroeder, 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull. 53:1-577.

[12] Bigelow, H.B. i W.W. Welsh, 1925. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Bull. W.S. Bur. Fish. 40:1-567.

[13] Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels i M.D. Grosslein, 2000. Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.

[14] Claro, R., 1994. Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. A R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba i Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.

[15] Coad, B.W., 1995. Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. Singapur.

[16] Moring, J.R., 1990. Seasonal absence of fishes in tidepools of a boreal environment (Maine, USA). Hydrobiologia 194(2):163-168.

[17] Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea i J.D. Williams, 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland, Estats Units.

[18] Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1980. A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174.

[19] Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p.

[20] Rountree, R.A., 1990. Community structure of fishes attracted to shallow water fish aggregation devices off South Carolina, USA. Environ. Biol. Fish. 29(4):241-262.

[21] Scotton, L.N., R.E. Smith, N.S. Smith, K.S. Price i D.P. de Sylva, 1973. Pictorial guide to fish larvae of Delaware Bay: with information and bibliographies useful for the study of fish larvae. Delaware Bay Report Series. Vol. 7. College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware. 205 p.

[22] Wilk, S.J., W.W. Morse i D.E. Ralph, 1978. Length-weight relationships of fishes collected in the New York Bight. Bull. New Jersey Acad. Sci. 23(2):58-64.

[23] Scott, W.B. i M.G. Scott, 1988.

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