Species: Neoconger vermiformis, Smalleye spaghetti-eel
snout overhangs mouth
D origin just before anus
LL ends near anus
head pores on lower jaw only
pectoral small, above gill opening
Neoconger vermiformis Gilbert, 1890
Smalleye spaghetti-eel
Elongate, worm-like; head long (~ 1/5 length of body), pointed snout slightly overhangs mouth; eye small, skin covered; mouth ~ 1/3 head length; teeth small, conical, in single rows on jaws, 2 rows on front of vomer and 1 row at rear; nostrils are holes, rear one immediately before middle of eye; dorsal begins a little before anus; median fins continuous, evident near end of tail; tail about half TL; pectoral present, small, behind top of vertical, lateral gill opening; lateral line on body to level of anus.
Yellowish-olive on body and fins, finely dotted with black .
Size: 35 cm.
Habitat: burrows in sand and mud bottoms.
Depth: 5-65 m.
The Gulf of California to Colombia.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Freshwater
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 65
