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American conger
Conservation status
American conger
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species:
C. oceanicus
Binomial name
Conger oceanicus
(Mitchill, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818
  • Conger oceanica (Mitchill, 1818)

The American conger (Conger oceanicus) is a species of eel in the family Congridae. Other common names for this fish include conger, dog eel,[1] poison eel[1] and sea eel.[1] It is a marine fish with a widespread distribution in the Western Atlantic from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico, and is also reported from near the mid-Atlantic island of St. Helena and off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. Dark grayish color, it can grow to about 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long and weigh more than 40 kg (88 lb).

  1. ^ a b c d Carpenter, K.E. (2015). "Conger oceanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199391A2590473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199391A2590473.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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