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Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801)

Pink cusk-eel
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Chile country information

Common names: Congrio dorado, Himakhara
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Patagonian region (Ref. 27363) and south-central zone off Chile (Ref. 56050). Popular food fish in southern Chile (Ref. 27363). Also Ref. 4517, 8984, 9068.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Abadèche rosé, Congribadejo rosado, Конгрио черный, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Genypterus: Greek, geny, -yos = face, jaw + Greek, pteron, = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 22 - 1000 m (Ref. 58489), usually 300 - 550 m (Ref. 6390).   Deep-water; 17°S - 57°S, 114°E - 30°W (Ref. 34024)

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