Congridae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Anguilliformes, class . The family contains 9 accepted species worldwide.
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Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870
Heteroconger longissimus, the brown garden eel, is a tropical marine eel in the …
Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830
Conger cinereus, the moustache conger, is an eel species found in coastal Indo-W…
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
Conger oceanicus, the American conger, is a large marine migratory eel that spaw…
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)
The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum) is a subtropical marine conger eel fo…
Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850
Conger marginatus, the Hawaiian mustache conger, is a species of conger eel desc…
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Conger conger, the European conger, is the world's heaviest eel, a nocturnal pre…
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959)
Heteroconger hassi, the spotted garden eel, is a small spotted eel that lives in…
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
The Cape conger (Conger wilsoni) is an Indo-Pacific Congridae conger that grows …
Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856
Conger verreauxi, the southern conger, is a marine conger eel found around Austr…
Congridae animals belong to the Anguilliformes order in the Animalia kingdom. A distinct dark line runs below the eye and extends across the upper lip; this marking gives the species its common name, moustache conger. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Congridae is classified in the order Anguilliformes, class , phylum Chordata. The adult eel has a white body covered in many small black spots, along with three distinct larger black spots.
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