Congridae

Confusing Blackmouth Conger

Acromycter perturbator

Deep water eel from the Bahamas to Jamaica

• Black
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Anguilliform
• Medium

Acromycter perturbator is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Albert Eide Parr in 1932, originally under the genus Ariosoma. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern and western central Atlantic Ocean, including the Bahamas, the United States, and Jamaica.