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Congridae
Sign in to savethumb|Spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi) The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family includes over 220 species in 32 genera.
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Congridae is a family of conger eels within the order Anguilliformes. This taxon belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family was described by Kaup in 1856 and is currently accepted under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Common names for the group include Còngrids, Meeraale, and Meriankeriaat.
Members of this family inhabit marine and brackish environments. Records of the family have been documented in Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. Specimens are held by institutions including UAMI, DESZC-CUCSUR-UDG, NHMUK, SDNHM, and UWFC.
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Species
conger eels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyCongridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,030
- With media
- 105
- Family
- Congridae
- Collections
- UAMI, DESZC-CUCSUR-UDG, NHMUK, SDNHM, UWFC, NCSM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Egypt, Atlantic Ocean
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Genera
- See also
- References
thumb|Spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi) The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family includes over 220 species in 32 genera.
The European conger, Conger conger, is the largest of the family and of the Anguilliformes order that includes it; it has been recorded at up to in length and weighing .
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