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are a distinguishing feature of the genus as each egg is attached to a small hook which has a thin thread. When the egg mass begins to disintegrate the hook falls from the egg to be suspended underneath it by the thread. It is thought this allows the egg to attach itself to the substrate.
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are secretive fish which hide among rocks and coral rubble and they occur from the surface down to 70 metres (230 ft). They feed mainly on crustaceans but larger specimens will take fish, and their large mouth enable them to swallow quite large prey. Most species of the subfamily are
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differ from their other genera in the subfamily
Congogadinae in that they do not have a spot on their shoulder, a similar spot being located on the
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The genus is found in the Indian Ocean and the western
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appears to be different because the females greater than 300 millimetres (12 in) long have been observed to have small
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have a higher number of rays than all the other species in the subfamily except for the species in the genus
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possess a posterior otic sensory canal pore, which is believed to assist the fish in detecting motion.
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have only have a single curtailed lateral line. In addition some species which are classified in the
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have the gill membranes fused to the isthmus. The gill membranes of the subgenus
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402:Congrogadus amplimaculatus
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489:Congrogadus winterbottomi
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594:Congrogadus subducens
516:Eschmeyer, William N.
468:Congrogadus subducens
417:Congrogadus malayanus
349:Congrogadus subducens
41:Congrogadus subducens
632:. June 2018 version.
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432:Congrogadus spinifer
427:(Malayan eel blenny)
148:Machaerium subducens
495:(Pilbara eelblenny)
474:(Carpet eel-blenny)
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564:Congrogadus
522:Congrogadus
446:Congradadus
386:Congrogadus
357:Congragadus
340:Congrogadus
325:Congrogadus
314:Congrogadus
288:Congrogadus
272:Congrogadus
241:Congrogadus
186:D.S. Jordan
182:Hierichthys
126:Congrogadus
111:Subfamily:
25:Congrogadus
832:Categories
572:15 October
539:15 October
502:References
305:Halidesmus
197:Machaerium
153:Richardson
480:Subgenus
444:Subgenus
393:Subgenus
300:anal fins
292:operculum
261:dottyback
254:subfamily
228:Castelnau
224:Stenophus
209:A.C. Gill
71:Kingdom:
65:Eukaryota
669:Q2486714
663:Wikidata
629:FishBase
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318:subgenus
294:. Their
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162:Synonyms
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75:Animalia
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380:Species
335:Biology
274:has an
175:Borodin
132:Günther
121:Genus:
91:Class:
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776:171355
711:305598
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353:gonads
296:dorsal
264:family
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190:Fowler
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810:WoRMS
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423:Weber
246:genus
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