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Congridae
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.
Species
conger eels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyCongridae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded83,459
糯鰻科，又名康吉鳗科，為輻鰭魚綱鰻鱺目的一個科。
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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 .