Congridae

longtrunk conger

Ariosoma anale

Thirty Six Point Three Centimeters Eel from Western Atlantic

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

The longtrunk conger (Ariosoma anale), also known as the short-tail conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Felipe Poey in 1860, originally under the genus Conger. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including southern Florida, Panama, the Guianas, and the Gulf of Guinea.