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American conger

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
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Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
American conger

Similar
  
Longfin African conger, Conger Eel, Gnathophis, Yellow conger, Bandtooth conger

American conger eel


The American conger (Conger oceanicus) is a species of eel in the Congridae family. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from the Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in United States and northern Gulf of Mexico. Also reported from near the mid-Atlantic island of St. Helena and the coasts of Canada. It is a dark gray-green, with tiny rusty-red speckles. It is about 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long and weighs about 89 pounds (40 kg). The eel can be gray, brown, black, steel-blue, reddish-brown, or olive-green.

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American conger Wikipedia


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