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Family Congridae - Conger and garden eels

Order:

Anguilliformes

Class:

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

No. of Genera:

No. of Species:

150

Environment:

Fresh: No Brackish: No Marine: Yes

Aquarium:

none

First Fossil Record:

upper Cretaceous, Ref.: Berg, L.S..1958

Remark:

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body without scales; lateral line complete. Usually with pectoral fins. Branchiostegal rays 8-22. Vertebrae 105-225. Conger eels feed on small fishes and crustaceans, primarily at night. Occur mostly in deep or temperate waters and are valued as food fishes. Garden eels occur in colonies in sand where they live individually in burrows from which they protrude to feed on plankton. Mating and spawning apparently takes place without any lengthy migration.

Etymology:

Latin, conger = conger ( Ref. 45335).

Division:

Marine

Reproductive guild:

nonguarders

Typical activity level:

normal

Main Ref.:

Nelson, J.S..1994

Coordinator:

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