Silvery conger
| Silvery conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. anago |
| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Temminck, C. J. and H. Schlegel, 1846 [ref. 4374] See Temminck & Schlegel 1843 [ref. 4370]. Parts 10-14: 173-269
- ↑ Food items reported for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
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