Congridae

Southern conger

Gnathophis capensis

Eel of African Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Gnathophis capensis, the Southern Atlantic conger or southern conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including from False Bay to Plettenberg Bay, South Africa and also on Tristan da Cunha Island.