Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae Conger and garden eels
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Bathycongrus

(See list of species below)


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29 species (see list below)
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Photo by MNHN

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 51.7 cm TL
Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)

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Bathycongrus aequoreus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 65.1 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus albimarginatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus bertini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus bimaculatus
[Two-spot short-tail conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus bleekeri
[Bleeker's short-tail conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 54 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus brunneus
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 39.5 cm TL
Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)

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Bathycongrus bullisi
[Bullish conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus castlei
[Castle's slender conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 44.3 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus dubius
[Dubious conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 47.3 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus graciliceps
[Slender-head conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 41.7 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus guttulatus
[Lined conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 38.6 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus longicavis
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No picture found
 
Bathycongrus macrocercus
[]

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Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891)

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Bathycongrus macrurus
[Shorthead conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 43.9 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus melanostomus
[Black mouth conger]
No picture found
 
Bathycongrus nasicus
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.3 cm TL
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934)

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Bathycongrus odontostomus
[Toothy conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 34.8 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus parapolyporus
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No picture found
 
Bathycongrus parviporus
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No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus polyporus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 54 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus retrotinctus
[Blackedge conger]
No picture found
 
Bathycongrus thysanochilus
[Conger eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus trilineatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.1 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus trimaculatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 28.3 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus unimaculatus
[]

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Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899)

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Bathycongrus varidens
[Largehead conger]
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Max. Length 46.2 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus vicinalis
[Neighbor conger]
No picture found

Max. Length 29.6 cm TL
 
Bathycongrus villosus
[]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968)

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Bathycongrus wallacei
[Longnose conger]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathycongrus aequoreus Eastern Central Pacific 51.7 TL 1897
Bathycongrus albimarginatus Northwest Pacific 65.1 TL 2018
Bathycongrus bertini Eastern Atlantic 39 TL 1953
Bathycongrus bimaculatus Two-spot short-tail conger Northwest Pacific 19 TL 2018
Bathycongrus bleekeri Bleeker's short-tail conger Western Pacific 8 TL 1934
Bathycongrus brunneus Northwest Pacific 54 TL 2018
Bathycongrus bullisi Bullish conger Western Atlantic 39.5 TL 1977
Bathycongrus castlei Castle's slender conger Northwest Pacific 35 TL 2018
Bathycongrus dubius Dubious conger Western Atlantic 44.3 TL 1927
Bathycongrus graciliceps Slender-head conger Northwest Pacific 47.3 TL 2018
Bathycongrus guttulatus Lined conger Indo-Pacific 41.7 TL 1887
Bathycongrus longicavis Pacific Ocean 38.6 TL 2009
Bathycongrus macrocercus Eastern Indian Ocean 1894
Bathycongrus macrurus Shorthead conger Eastern Central Pacific 25 TL 1891
Bathycongrus melanostomus Black mouth conger Northwest Pacific 43.9 TL 2022
Bathycongrus nasicus Indian Ocean 1894
Bathycongrus odontostomus Toothy conger Indo-West Pacific 4.3 TL 1934
Bathycongrus parapolyporus Pacific Ocean, Western Ce 34.8 TL 2009
Bathycongrus parviporus South China Sea, Central 2011
Bathycongrus polyporus Western Central Atlantic 43 TL 1977
Bathycongrus retrotinctus Blackedge conger Western Pacific 54 TL 1901
Bathycongrus thysanochilus Conger eel Western Central Atlantic 1934
Bathycongrus trilineatus Western Central Pacific 4.4 TL 1964
Bathycongrus trimaculatus Southwestern Pacific Ocea 16.1 TL 2008
Bathycongrus unimaculatus New Caledonia, southern L 28.3 TL 2009
Bathycongrus varidens Largehead conger Eastern Pacific 100 TL 1899
Bathycongrus vicinalis Neighbor conger Western Central Atlantic 46.2 TL 1899
Bathycongrus villosus Western Central Pacific 29.6 TL 2020
Bathycongrus wallacei Longnose conger Indo-West Pacific 55 TL 1968



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