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Conger eel

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"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.

Likely possibilities include:

  • Anguilla reinhardtii
  • Ariosoma balearicum
  • Bassanago bulbiceps (Swollen-headed conger eel)
  • Bathycongrus thysanochilus
  • Conger cinareus
  • Conger conger
  • Conger esculentus
  • Conger oceanicus
  • Conger triporiceps
  • Conger verreauxi
  • Gnathophis cinctus
  • Gymnothorax moringa
  • Hoplunnis tenuis
  • Paraconger caudilimbatus
  • Rhynchoconger flavus
  • Rhynchoconger gracilior

Over 150 additional common names of fish use "conger" in combination.

[edit] See also

  • Congo Snake

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