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European congers have an average adult length of 1.5 m (5 ft), a maximum known length of around 2.133 m (7 ft) (possibly up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) for the largest specimens), [2] and maximum weight of roughly 72 kg (159 lb), [3] making them the largest eels in the world by weight.
The European conger, Conger conger, is the largest of the family and of the Anguilliformes order that includes it; it has been recorded at up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighing 350 lb (160 kg). [3] Congrids are found in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas around the world.
Conger (/ ˈ k ɒ ŋ ɡ ər / KONG-gər) is a genus of marine congrid eels. [2] It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 2 m (6 ft) or more in length, [3] in the case of the European conger.
The Large-toothed conger feeds predominantly on finfish. [7] It is used as a food fish in some countries, and is also sometimes caught by fisheries harvesting other species. . The IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern, in part due to its widespread distribution and also partly because its use/interaction with fisheries does not occur throughout its entire range, nor is it thought to ...
There are at least three kinds of fish in a traditional bouillabaisse: typically red rascasse (Scorpaena scrofa); sea robin; and European conger. It can also include gilt-head bream, turbot, monkfish, mullet, or European hake. It usually also includes shellfish and other seafood such as sea urchins, mussels, velvet crabs, spider crabs, or octopus
The grey conger (Conger esculentus), also known as the Antillean conger or simply the conger eel, [2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Felipe Poey in 1861. [ 4 ]
Spiders could, theoretically, eat every single human on earth within one year. It gets worse. Those humans consume about 400 million tons of meat and fish each year, so ultimately, the tiny ...
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