Species of fish
Cynoponticus coniceps, the red pike conger or conehead eel,[3] is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).[4] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Muraenesox.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Nicaragua.[1] It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 100 metres (33 to 328 ft), and inhabits sediments of sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 202 centimetres (80 in); the maximum recorded weight is 11.0 kilograms (24.3 lb).[4]
The red pike conger's diet consists of finfish and invertebrates.[6] It is of commercial interest to fisheries, and is considered to have high quality flesh.[4] It is also captured as a by-catch by shrimp trawlers.[1]
The IUCN redlist currently lists Cynoponticus coniceps as Data Deficient, due to a lack of information on how the species is affected by fishing activities.[1]
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