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Record body size of the beach conger Conger japonicus (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in the East China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

Mitsuharu Yagi ,
Masako Shimoda ,
Jun Uchida ,
Kenichi Shimizu ,
Takashi Aoshima  and
Hisao Kanehara
Mitsuharu Yagi*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Masako Shimoda
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Jun Uchida
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Kenichi Shimizu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Takashi Aoshima
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Hisao Kanehara
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Yagi, Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan emails: yagi-m@nagasaki-u.ac.jp; yagi@kyudai.jp
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Abstract

A record body size, length of 1520 mm and weight of 12,600 g for the beach conger, Conger japonicus was recorded, which is approximately 120 mm and 2600 g larger than the previous international record. The specimen was female and obtained during an otter trawl survey on 4 April 2013 in the East China Sea (31°52.16′N 127°42.94′E) at a depth of approximately 140 m on the slope of the continental shelf. Morphometric measurements and meristic counts are reported in this paper. We also report profiles of water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll-a taken immediately prior to the trawl, and species composition of concurrent catch with the otter trawling as environmental and biological characteristics of the habitat.

Keywords

Conger japonicusrecord sizecongerEast China Seatrawl catches
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e110
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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