Muraenesocidae

conehead eel

Cynoponticus coniceps

Conehead pike conger ambushing prey from Pacific mud

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Cynoponticus coniceps, the red pike conger or conehead eel, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Muraenesox. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Nicaragua.