Conger
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Conger''
| fossil_range = Early [[Eocene]] to Present<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Sepkoski
| first = Jack
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
| volume = 364
| issue =
| pages = p.560
| publisher =
| location =
| date = 2002
| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
| doi =
| id =
| accessdate = 2007-12-25 }}</ref>
| image = Lophelia3.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Anguilliformes]]
| familia = [[Congridae]]
| genus = '''''Conger'''''
| genus_authority = [[Lorenz Oken|Oken]], 1817
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Conger''''' is a [[Genus|genus]] of marine [[congrid]] [[true eel|eel]]s. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m (10 ft) in length.
"Conger" or "[[Conger eel]]" is also the common name of a number of species, including members of this genus.
==Species==
* [[Longfin African conger]], ''[[Conger cinereus]]'' <small>Rüppell, 1830</small>
* [[European conger]], ''[[Conger conger]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
* ''[[Conger erebennus]]'' <small>(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)</small>
* [[Grey conger]], ''[[Conger esculentus]]'' <small>Poey, 1861</small>
* [[Beach conger]], ''[[Conger japonicus]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1879</small>
* ''[[Conger macrocephalus]]'' <small>Kanazawa, 1958</small>
* ''[[Conger myriaster]]'' <small>(Brevoort, 1856)</small>
* [[American conger]], ''[[Conger oceanicus]]'' <small>(Mitchill, 1818)</small>
* ''[[Conger oligoporus]]'' <small>Kanazawa, 1958</small>
* [[Argentine conger]], ''[[Conger orbignianus]]'' <small>Valenciennes, 1842</small>
* ''[[Conger philippinus]]'' <small>Kanazawa, 1958</small>
* [[Manytooth conger]], ''[[Conger triporiceps]]'' <small>Kanazawa, 1958</small>
* [[Southern conger]], ''[[Conger verreauxi]]'' <small>Kaup, 1856</small>
* [[Cape conger]], ''[[Conger wilsoni]]'' <small>(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)</small>
==References==
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Conger | month = May | year = 2006}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Congridae]]
[[Category:Fish of the Atlantic]]
[[Category:Fish of the Pacific]]
[[Category:Fish of the Indian ocean]]
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