yellow pike conger
Congresox talabon
- Usual depth1–428 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The yellow pike conger is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Muraenesocidae, the pike congers. This fish is found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Yellow pike conger”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–428 m · Deepest record: 427.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- yellow pike conger, Yellow Pike-conger, Yellow pink-conger
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- morenocio amarillo
- French
- morénésoce jaune
- Thai
- ปลายอดจากหูยาว
Other scientific names: Conger talabon, Conger telabon, Congresox talaban, Congresox telabon, Muraenesox talabon, Muraenesox telabon
Similar species
Common EelCongresox talabonoides
Common pike congerMuraenesox bagio
Daggertooth pike congerMuraenesox cinereus
- Duckbill Conger
Gavialiceps javanicus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 24 open-data records from 1829 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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