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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.
Based on collections of their small leptocephalus larvae, the American conger eel has been found to spawn in the southwestern Sargasso Sea, close to the spawning areas of the Atlantic freshwater eels. "Conger" or "conger eel" is sometimes included in the common names of species of the family Congridae, including members of this genus.
Family Colocongridae D. G. Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels) Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels) Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels) Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels) Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 (snake eels) Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859 (pike conger eels)
The American conger (Conger oceanicus) is a species of eel in the family Congridae. Other common names for this fish include conger , dog eel , [ 1 ] poison eel [ 1 ] and sea eel . [ 1 ]
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 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]
Conger philippinus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. [3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. [2]
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]