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The manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps), also known as the manytooth conger eel or simply the conger eel, [2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. [4]
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.
Manytooth conger; Conger marginatus; S. Southern conger; W. Whitespotted conger This page was last edited on 15 November 2024, at 14:18 (UTC). Text is available ...
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.
American conger: Conger oceanicus: American eel: Anguilla rostrata: Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. American fourspot flounder: Hippoglossina oblonga: American gizzard shad: Dorosoma cepedianum: American harvestfish: Peprilus paru: American paddlefish: Polyodon spathula [5] American pickerel: Esox ...
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 ...
The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic , including the Mediterranean Sea . Description and behavior
The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, [3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena . [ 5 ]