Moringuidae

ridged eel

Neoconger mucronatus

Ten Point Seven Centimeters Eel from Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Anguilliform
• Small
• Tropical fish

The ridged eel (Neoconger mucronatus) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1858. It is a subtropical, marine eel known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, and northern South America.