Manytooth conger

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Manytooth conger
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species:
C. triporiceps
Binomial name
Conger triporiceps
Kanazawa, 1958

The manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps), also known as the manytooth conger eel or simply the conger eel, [2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. [4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, Bermuda, the Antilles, the western Caribbean, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 3–55 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting rocky regions and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimeters, but more commonly reach a TL of 80 cm. [3]

The manytooth conger is harvested by subsistence fisheries. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, D.G. (2015). "Conger triporiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T199312A2581381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199312A2581381.en . Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Common names for Conger triporiceps at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Conger triporiceps at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.) [ref. 12078] A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4.


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