Conger Eel Fish Congridae

Congridae - Conger Eels Garden Eels. Eels are difficult to sell in the USA but are highly prized in Europe and several areas of the Far East including Japan.

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Like all eels it has elongated but very strong body - dark sometimes black back transitioning to white-gray on.

Conger eel fish congridae. Among the Congridae family Ariosoma is one of the most abundant and diverse genera with about 32 valid species Shen 1998. Milieu climate zone depth range distribution range Ecology. Congers are scaleless eels with large heads large gill slits wide mouths and strong teeth.

Latin conger conger Ref. Congridae Conger Eels is a family of bony fishes. They have been recorded to grow up to 250lb which was caught by commercial fisherman while the rod and line record is 133lb 4oz.

April 13 2021 The European conger scientific name Conger conger is a species of conger of the family Congridae. Actinopteri ray-finned fishes. The major species of food eels are freshwater eels Anguillidae pike eels Muraensocidae and conger eels Congridae.

12382 predator of fish crustaceans and cephalopods Ref. Congridae is a group of conger eels inhabiting tropical and temperate water throughout the World. 15012021 The genus Ariosoma Swainson1838 Aguilliformes.

They are similar in shape to freshwater eels but they have a larger eye and the dorsal fin starts further forward near the hind tip of the pectoral fins. The European conger Conger conger is a species of conger of the family Congridae. Of the 16 species of Anguilla eels found worldwide most are in the waters around Southeast Asia.

Congridae Conger and garden eels. There was an eel caught in Iceland which weighed 305lb. 13042021 Last Updated On.

Conger ˈkɒŋɡər KONG-gər is a genus of marine congrid eels. They are found in tropical subtropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Indian and West Pacific oceans. They have larges eyes and mouth.

Carnivorous fish found in. They are known in Mexico as congrios. Sexually mature at an age of 5-15 years.

Like other species of the group it reproduces only once in its life Ref. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic including the Mediterranean Sea. Anguilliformes Eels and morays.

It has a smooth scaleless skin. Conger eels can grow to 18m but go on increasing in weight after they have reached their full length large ones can weigh up to 20kg. Unlike most eels the species in this family dont migrate long.

Spawn in summer in the Atlantic off Portugal and in the Mediterranean. ABOUT THE CONGER EEL OR CONGRIDAE CONGER CONGAR The conger eel or otherwise known as conger oceanicus. The fish of the Conger Eel or Congridae Family are a fairly large group of mid-sized to large fish measuring up to 2 m 6 feet in length that have elongated to very elongated bodies and are found throughout the subtropical and tropical seas of the world.

European Conger is fish from a Congridae family. There are around 194 species in this family of scaleless eels. They are usually grayish to blackish with paler bellies and black-edged fins.

Conger Eels are marine eels and belong to the Congridae family Congers. Its the largest eel on the planet and native to the northeast Atlantic together with the Mediterranean Sea. Conger Eels are most commonly grey to black and occasionally have blue-black bodies and paler below sometimes mottled.

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. Conger eel any of about 100 species of marine eels of the family Congridae order Anguilliformes. The dorsal tail and anal fins extend almost the whole of the smooth body.

20102011 A nocturnal Ref. The flesh is white and. It is largest eel in the world - it grows up to 3m in length and weighs up to or even more than 110kg.

It includes some of the largest types of eels ranging up to 2 m 6 ft or more in length in the case of the European conger.

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