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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.
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 ]
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 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 ]
Xenomystax atrarius, the deepwater conger or twinpored eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from southern Canada to Chile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 152–1,050 metres (499 ...
The American conger is a large, elongated, cylindrical fish growing to a maximum length of over 2 m (6.6 ft) and a maximum weight of over 40 kg (88 lb), though a more typical length is about a meter. The upper jaw projects further forward than the lower jaw.
The longtrunk conger (Ariosoma anale), also known as the short-tail conger, [3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Felipe Poey in 1860, originally under the genus Conger . [ 5 ]