Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Congridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Conger | |
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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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