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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.
The Longnose conger [3] (Bathycongrus wallacei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968, originally under the genus Congrina . [ 5 ]
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.
Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the longnose conger in Australia, [3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus . [ 5 ]
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 ]
They vary in color and size depending on the species. The largest species reaches about 120 cm (47 in) in length, but most species do not surpass 60 cm (24 in). [1] [2] Garden eel colonies can grow as large as one acre in surface area and number up to several thousand individuals. [4] [5]
The longfin African conger (Conger cinereus) or blacklip conger is an eel of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Easter islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island, at depths down to 80 m (260 ft).