American conger

American conger
American conger
Conger oceanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species: C. oceanicus
Binomial name
Conger oceanicus
(Mitchill, 1818)

The American Conger, Conger oceanicus, is a species of eel in the Congridae family. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from the Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in USA and northern Gulf of Mexico. Also reported in near the St. Helena and coasts of Canada. It is a dark gray-green, with tiny rusty-red speckles. It is about 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long and weighs about 89 pounds (40 kg). The eel can be gray, brown, black, steel-blue, reddish-brown, or olive-green.

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