Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species: C. cinereus – C. conger – C. erebennus – C. esculentus – C. japonicus – C. macrocephalus – C. myriaster – C. oceanicus – C. oligoporus – C. orbignianus – C. philippinus – C. triporiceps – C. verreauxi – C. wilsoni
Name
Conger
References
Smith, D.G. & Ho, H-C. 2018. Review of the congrid eel genus Conger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in Taiwan. Pp 168–185 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 168–185. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.14 Open access PDF Reference page.
Links
Conger at FishBase
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Meeraal
English: Conger eel
español: Congrio
italiano: Grongo, gronco
日本語: アナゴ属
українська: Морський вугор
Conger (/ˈkɒŋɡər/ 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. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in parts of the Mediterranean Sea, and both European and American congers are sometimes caught by fishermen along the European and North American Atlantic coasts.
The life histories of most conger eels are poorly known. Based on collections of their small leptocephalus larvae, the American conger eel has been found to spawn in the southwestern Sargasso Sea, close to the spawning areas of the Atlantic freshwater eels.
"Conger" or "conger eel" is sometimes included in the common names of species of the family Congridae, including members of this genus.
Description
Congers have wide mouths with sturdy teeth, usually a variant of gray or black in coloration. They have no scales.[4] Their body weight can reach over 57 kilograms (125 lbs).[5]
Species
†Conger brevisulcus (Schwarzhans, 1980)
Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830 (longfin African conger)
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) (European conger)
†Conger davidsmithi (Schwarzhans, 2019)
Conger erebennus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Anaconger)
Conger esculentus Poey, 1861 (grey conger)
Conger japonicus Bleeker, 1879
Conger jordani Kanazawa, 1958
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850 (Hawaiian Mustache Conger)
Conger melanopterus Kideeswaran, D. G. Smith, Deepa Dhas, Ajith Kumar, 2023
Conger monganius Phillipps, 1932
Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) (whitespotted conger)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818) (American conger)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1842 (Argentine conger)
Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958
†Conger tokoroa Schwarzhans, 2019
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958 (manytooth conger)
Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856 (southern conger)
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Cape conger)
Formerly Included Species
Conger anagoides Bleeker, 1853 (sea conger) - now Ariosoma anagoides
Conger auratus Costa, 1844 (bandtooth conger) - now Ariosoma balearicum
Fishing
Fishing for congers was first recorded in the 12th century. The Norman taxation Pipe Roll recorded two éperquerie on Guernsey and one on Sark. These were designated places where congers were dried.[6]
One species of the conger eel, Conger myriaster, is an important food fish in East Asia. It is often served as sushi.
Behaviour
Congers are predators and can attack humans. In July 2013, a diver was attacked by a European conger eel in Killary Harbour, Ireland, at a depth of 25 metres (82 ft). The eel bit a large chunk from his face. The diver reported the creature was more than 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) in length and "about the width of a human thigh".[7]
References
skjeolks, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Conger". FishBase. June 2011 version.
"Giant conger eel caught by Plymouth fishermen". 14 May 2015.
"conger eel | fish | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
"What is a Conger Eel? (with pictures)". All Things Nature. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
Lempriére, Raoul (1974). History of the Channel Islands. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 978-0709142522.
Dowling, Edna (13 July 2013). "Diver 'felt like a rag doll' in frenzied conger eel attack". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
