Silvery conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Ariosoma |
Species: | A. a. juvenile
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Binomial name | |
Ariosoma anago juvenile (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.
The silvery conger's diet consists primarily of benthic crustaceans and finfish. [5]
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