Daggertooth pike conger
Muraenesox cinereus
- Usual depth9–166 m
- Water temperature14–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The daggertooth pike conger also known as the darkfin pike eel in Australia, to distinguish it from the related pike-eel, is a species of eel in the pike conger family, Muraenesocidae. They primarily live on soft bottoms in marine and brackish waters down to a depth of 800 m (2,600 ft), but may enter freshwater. They commonly grow to about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length, but may grow as long as 2.2 m (7.2 ft). Daggertooth pike congers occur in the Red Sea, on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean, and in the West Pacific from Indochina to Japan. A single specimen was also reported in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel in 1982.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–166 m · Deepest record: 4,721 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Daggertooth pike conger, Arabian Pike Eel, Conger Pike, daggertooth pike conger, Daggertooth Pike-conger, Dagger Tooth Pikeconger, Darkfin Pike Eel, Malaysian Pike, Pike Eel, Purple Pike Conger, Shape-toothed Eel, Silver conger eel, Silver Eel, Vinasse Pike Eel
Names in 8 more languages
- Spanish
- morenocio dentón
- Filipino
- Pindanga, Ubod
- French
- morénesoce dague, Morénésoce Dague, Murène Japonaise, Murénésoce-dague
- Indonesian
- Pucuk nipah
- Japanese
- Hamo, ハモ, 鱧
- Korean
- 갯장어, Kaet-chang-ǒ
- Thai
- ปลายอดจากหูดำ
- Simplified Chinese
- Hǎi mán, Láng yá shàn, 海鰻, 海鳗, 灰海鰻, 虎鰻, 錢鰻
Other scientific names: Muraena arabica, Muraena arabicus, Muraena cinerea, Muraenesox arabicus, Muraenesox cinerius, Muraenosox cinereus
Similar species
- Common pike conger
Muraenesox bagio
- 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).
- 338 open-data records from 1775 to 2024.
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