Cape conger

Cape conger
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. wilsoni
Binomial name
	Conger wilsoni; (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
	Conger conger(non Linnaeus, 1758); Gymnothorax wilsoniBloch & Schneider, 1801; Leptocephalus wilsoni(Bloch & Schneider, 1801);

Last updated October 01, 2025

The Cape conger (Conger wilsoni) is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific region. Its length is up to 1 m.

References

↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Conger wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199283A2578367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199283A2578367.en . Retrieved 4 January 2022.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conger wilsoni". FishBase . May 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[1] McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Conger wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199283A2578367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199283A2578367.en . Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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Cape conger

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. wilsoni
Binomial name
*Conger wilsoni* (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
Conger conger(non Linnaeus, 1758) Gymnothorax wilsoniBloch & Schneider, 1801 Leptocephalus wilsoni(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)