European conger

European conger

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. conger
Binomial name
*Conger conger* (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Range of the European conger
Synonyms
Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758) Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839 Conger communis Costa, 1844 Conger niger (Risso, 1810) Conger rubescens Ranzani, 1840 Conger verus Risso, 1827 Conger vulgaris Yarrell, 1832 Leptocephalus candidissimus Costa, 1832 Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus, 1758) Leptocephalus gussoni Cocco, 1829 Leptocephalus inaequalis Facciolà, 1883 Leptocephalus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788 Leptocephalus morrisii Gmelin, 1789 Leptocephalus pellucidus (Couch, 1832) Leptocephalus spallanzani Risso, 1810 Leptocephalus stenops Kaup, 1856 Leptocephalus vitreus Kölliker, 1853 Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758 Muraena nigra Risso, 1810 Ophidium pellucidum Couch, 1832 Ophisoma obtusa (Swainson, 1839)

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. It is sometimes seen in very shallow water by the shore but can also go down to depths of 1170 m. They have an average length of up to 3 m, and weight up to 110 kg, making them the largest eels in the world.

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References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Conger conger" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

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