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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
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
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 heaviest true eel is the European conger. The maximum size of this species has been reported as reaching a length of 3 m (10 ft) and a weight of 110 kg (240 lb). [11] Other eels are longer, but do not weigh as much, such as the slender giant moray, which reaches 4 m (13 ft). [12]
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]
As eels migrate long distances, overfishing and pollution in one location may endanger the population and little is known of all possible causes for the diminishing population. [ 4 ] The eel is a popular dish, especially in southern Sweden, and is economically of importance with catches of around 1,000 tonnes (1,200 in 1983).
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Other common names for this fish include conger, dog eel, [1] poison eel [1] and sea eel. [1] It is a marine fish with a widespread distribution in the Western Atlantic from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico , and is also reported from near the mid-Atlantic island of St. Helena ...