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Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels.These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and tempareate waters throughout the world. [2]
[citation needed] Conger eels then make migrations to spawning areas in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, "although the existence of one or multiple spawning grounds for the species remains uncertain". [13] The female conger eels produce several million eggs, and both the females and males die after spawning.
The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). [2] The family includes over 220 species in 32 genera.
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 American conger is the subject of some fishing activities, being caught recreationally or as bycatch, by hook and line, in fish traps or by trawling across the seabed. [1] Catch by net or trap in the elver stage is closely regulated by the State of Maine , [ 4 ] with licensing granted via a lottery system administered by the State and a ...
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 ]
Gnathophis nystromi (known commonly as the conger eel [3]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus . [ 6 ]
Gnathophis mystax, the thinlip conger or blacktailed 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 ]