Muraenesocidae

Guayana pike-conger

Cynoponticus savanna

One Hundred Fifty Centimeters Eel of Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Cynoponticus savanna,, the Guayana pike-conger, pike-headed eel or sapphire eel, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by Edward Nathaniel Bancroft in 1831, originally under the genus Conger. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including Central America, the Caribbean and Brazil.