Conger
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Conger (/ˈkɒŋɡər/ Audio file "en-us-conger.ogg" not found Script error: No such module "Respell".) is a genus of marine congrid eels.[3] It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.two metres (6+1⁄2 feet) or more in length,[4] 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.[5] Their body weight can reach over 57 kilograms (126 pounds).[6]
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.[7]
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 m (80 ft). The eel bit a large chunk from his face. The diver reported the creature was more than 1.8 m (6 ft) in length and "about the width of a human thigh".[8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morris, Steven (14 May 2015). "Giant conger eel caught by Plymouth fishermen". The Guardian.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."conger eel | fish | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."What is a Conger Eel? (with pictures)". All Things Nature. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lempriére, Raoul (1974). History of the Channel Islands. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 978-0709142522.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dowling, Edna (13 July 2013). "Diver 'felt like a rag doll' in frenzied conger eel attack". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
External links
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