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Conger is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m (10 ft) in length.

"Conger" or "Conger eel
Conger eel

"Conger" or "conger eel" is a vernacular term used for a number of different species of fish, mostly eels of the family Congridae, and especially the genus Conger....
" is also the common name of a number of species, including members of this genus.








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Conger is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m (10 ft) in length.

"Conger" or "Conger eel
Conger eel

"Conger" or "conger eel" is a vernacular term used for a number of different species of fish, mostly eels of the family Congridae, and especially the genus Conger....
" is also the common name of a number of species, including members of this genus.

Species

  • Longfin African conger
    Longfin African conger

    The longfin African conger, Conger cinereus, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas Islands and Easter Islands islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island, at depths down to 80 metre....
    , Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830
  • European conger
    European conger

    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....
    , Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  • Grey conger, Conger esculentus Poey, 1861
  • Beach conger, Conger japonicus Bleeker, 1879
  • Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958
  • Conger myriaster
    Conger myriaster

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     (Brevoort, 1856)
  • American conger, Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
  • Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958
  • Argentine conger, Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1842
  • Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958
  • Manytooth conger, Conger triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958
  • Southern conger
    Southern conger

    The common conger, Conger verreauxi, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and south west Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths down to 100 m in broken rocky reef areas....
    , Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856
  • Cape conger
    Cape conger

    The cape conger, Conger wilsoni, is a conger of the family Congridae, found around southern Australia and the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, at shallow depths in broken rocky reef areas....
    , Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)