Congridae

Congriscus maldivensis

Congriscus maldivensis

Thirty Five Point Two Centimeters Congrid Fish of Australian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Congriscus maldivensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1939, originally under the genus Conger. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Australia, Fiji, Madagascar, Maldives (from which its species epithet is derived), New Caledonia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.