Argentine conger

Conger orbignianus

Eel of South American Waters

Tropical
Near the Equator
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Argentine conger (Conger orbignianus) is a conger eel of the class Actinopterygii. It is found in its adult form on the South American coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, though its larval form has been discovered in the Gulf of Guinea on Africa's Atlantic coast.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Maximum length: 112 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: known only from larvae collected in the southern Gulf of Guinea from Annobon, Equatorial Guinea to Mossamedes (Moçâmedes), Angola. Western Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to San Jorge Gulf, Argentina (Ref. 86990 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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