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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Neoconger
Maximum length: 10.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: West Atlantic: western Gulf of Mexico between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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