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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.
The American conger (Conger oceanicus) is a species of eel in the family Congridae. Other common names for this fish include conger, dog eel, [1] poison eel [1] and ...
The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic , including the Mediterranean Sea . Description and behavior
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.
Congresox talabonoides, the Indian pike conger, common eel, conger-pike eel, daggertooth pike-conger or Indian putyekanipa, [2] is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). [3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853. [ 4 ]
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]
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]
The whiptail conger (Rhynchoconger gracilior), also known as the conger eel in Cuba, [3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Isaac Ginsburg in 1951, originally under the genus Congrina. [5]