Argentine conger

Argentine conger
Illustration of Argentine conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Conger
Species: C. orbignianus
Binomial name
Conger orbignianus
Synonyms
  • Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855
  • Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837)

The Argentine conger (Conger orbignianus) is a conger of the family Congridae. It is widespread in the Western Atlantic ocean from Rio de Janeiro in Brasil to the Bonaelensis area in north Argentina. In the Eastern Atlantic it is known only as larvae from the southern Gulf of Guinea from Annobon (Equatorial Guinea) to Mossamedes (Angola). Marine demersal fish, up to 1.12 m length.


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