Family : Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Order : Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Indian pike conger
Fish Name : Congresox talabonoides
Max size : 250 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7238)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous ; depth range 800 - 875 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=310,000-920,000)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Somalia (Ref. 30573) and coasts of India and Sri Lanka, eastward through Indonesia to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Vertebrae: 132-135. Body robust and eel-shaped; mouth very large, with gape reaching well beyond eye; dorsal fin inserted before gill-openings, 57-68 fin-rays before level of vent; pectoral fins relatively small, about 4 times in head length; lateral line pores before level of anus 41 or 42 (Ref. 4832).
Biology : Found in coastal waters and estuaries, on soft bottom (Ref. 30573). Feeds at night, on bottom fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 30573). Marketed mainly fresh. Caught also by bag (dol) net
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Castle, P.H.J.. 1984. (Ref. 7238)

India country information
Common Names : Indian pike-conger, वाम, പാന്വുമീന്, പാന്പുമീന് , વામ , Common eel, Pambumeen, Vam, Vam, Wam, Wam
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses