Silvery conger
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| Silvery conger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. anago
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
The silvery conger (Ariosoma anago) also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in).
The silvery conger's diet consists primarily of benthic crustaceans and finfish.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Synonyms of Ariosoma anago". fishbase.org.
- ^ "Common names for Ariosoma anago". fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ariosoma anago". FishBase.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Ariosoma anago". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Food items reported for Ariosoma anago". fishbase.org.
External links
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Media related to Ariosoma anago at Wikimedia Commons
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