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Encyclopedia > Congridae
Conger and garden eels
Conger eel
Conger eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genera

many, see text
Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Scientific classification redirects here. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ...

Congridae is 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). The family includes about 150 species in 32 genera. Seafood in Brussels, Belgium Seafood is any sea animal that is served as food or is suitable for eating. ...


The European conger Conger conger is the largest of the family; it has been recorded at up to three meters (10 ft) in length and weighing 350lb [1]. Binomial name Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) Range map The European conger, Conger conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Norway and Iceland to Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, at depths down to 1170 m. ...

A species of Garden Eel from the Shedd Aquarium.

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 2. ... Genera many, see text Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. ... John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. ...

Genera

  • Acromycter
  • Ariosoma
  • Bassanago
  • Bathycongrus
  • Bathymyrus
  • Bathyuroconger
  • Blachea
  • Castleichthys
  • Chiloconger
  • Conger
  • Congrhynchus
  • Congriscus
  • Diploconger
  • Gnathophis
  • Gorgasia
  • Heteroconger
  • Japonoconger
  • Kenyaconger
  • Leptocephalus
  • Lumiconger
  • Macrocephenchelys
  • Ophisoma
  • Parabathymyrus
  • Paraconger
  • Poeciloconger
  • Promyllantor
  • Pseudophichthys
  • Pseudoxenomystax
  • Rhechias
  • Rhynchoconger
  • Scalanago
  • Uroconger
  • Xenomystax
Species See text. ... Species Conger cinereus Conger conger Conger erebennus Conger esculentus Conger japonicus Conger macrocephalus Conger myriaster Conger oceanicus Conger oligoporus Conger orbignianus Conger philippinus Conger triporiceps Conger verreauxi Conger wilsoni Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. ... Species See text. ... Species See text. ... Species See text. ...

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Sea Kraits (Squainata: Laticauda spp.) as a Useful Bioassay for Assessing Local Diversity of Eels (Muraenidae, Congridae) in the Western Pacific Ocean
ROBERT N. Collection of eels of the families Muraenidae and Congridae is often hampered by logistical and procedural difficulties.
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