"Conger" or "conger eel" is a vernacular term used of a number of different species of fish, mostly eels of the family Congridae, and especially the genus Conger. Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Juvenile American eels An eel is any of the fishes in the order Anguilliformes. ... Genera many, see text Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. ... For the business syndicate, see conger (syndicate). ...
Over 150 additional common names of fish use "conger" in combination. Binomial name Gymnothorax moringa Cuvier, 1829 The Spotted Moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a typical medium-sized Moray eel. ...
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Eels are fish of the order Anguilliformes that consists of 2 suborders, 23 families, 110 genii and 400 species.
Some eels dwell in deep water (in case of family Synaphobranchidae, this comes to a depth of 4000 m.), or are active swimmers (the family Nemichthyidae - to the depth of 500 m.).
Freshwater eels (unagi) and marine eels (Congereel, anago) are commonly used in Japanese cuisine.
The body undergoes other dramatic changes as well: the eyes start to grow, the eye pigments change for optimal vision in dim blue clear ocean light, and the sides of their bodies turn silvery, best suited to be as invisible as possible during the long open ocean cruise ahead and past many waiting predators.
His proposal was to release 50 Silver Eels from Danish waters with probes that will detach from the eels each second day, float up and broadcast position, depth and temperature to satellite receivers, possibly jointly with an equivalent release experiment from the countries of the western coast of the Atlantic.
In Europe, eel populations are infected already from 30% to 100% with the nematode.
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