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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.
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 and ...
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 conger and a Mediterranean moray eel in one hole, at the Protected Marine Area of Portofino. Conger eels have habits similar to moray eels. They usually live amongst rocks in holes, or "eel pits", sometimes in one hole together with moray eels. They come out from their holes at night to hunt.
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 myriaster eels. The whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster) (Japanese: 真穴子; ma-anago) is a marine conger eel, widespread in the Northwest Pacific near the coasts of Japan, Korean Peninsula, and the East China Sea. C. myriaster inhabits shallow sea bottom sand and mud.
The tropical conger (Ariosoma scheelei), also known as the Scheele's conger, [3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Pehr Hugo Strömman in 1896, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. [5] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Natal and Mozambique.
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]